(A) Members of the regular Police Department of the town, upon request of the Mayor or a designee, or the Chief of Police or a designee, of any other municipality, may serve as police officers in the municipality requesting their assistance upon approval of the governing body of the municipality where such officers are regularly employed. While so serving in another municipality, such police officers shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by the municipality where such duties are performed, except that salaries, insurance, and other benefits shall be provided in their regular manner by the municipality in which the police officers are regularly employed.
(B) Members of the regular Police Department of the town, upon request of a County Sheriff or a designee, or upon request by a member of the State Highway Patrol, may serve as law enforcement officers for the Sheriff’s office or the State Highway Patrol, respectively, if such service has been authorized by prior resolution by the governing body of the town where employed. While so serving, such police officers shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by the requesting law enforcement agency, and when so acting they shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of employment of the requesting law enforcement agency; except that salaries, insurance, and other benefits shall be provided in their regular manner by the town.
(C) Members of the regular Police Department of the town may be deputized by the County Sheriff, or a designee, subject to interlocal governmental agreement to combine town and county law enforcement efforts and to encourage cooperation between towns and county law enforcement officials. Liability for the conduct of any town police officers deputized under the terms and conditions of interlocal governmental agreement shall remain the responsibility of their town.
(D) The governing body of a town may, by resolution, authorize the Chief Executive Officer of the town to respond to any request from any other jurisdiction within the state for law enforcement assistance in cases of emergency. The police officers of the town serving in response to the emergency request shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by the requesting law enforcement agency and, when so acting, they shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of employment of the requesting law enforcement agency; provided, however, that salaries, insurance, and other benefits shall be provided in the regular manner by the town in which the police officers are regularly employed.
(E) As used in this section, EMERGENCY means a sudden and unforeseeable occurrence or condition either as to its onset or its extent of such severity or magnitude that immediate response or action is necessary to assist law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction at the scene of the emergency to carry out their functions.
(Prior Code, § 13-304)
Statutory reference:
Performance of police functions outside employing municipalities, see 11 O.S. § 34-103