(A) The Chief of Police shall be and is hereby designated as the officer or employee of the Police Department to authorize members of the Police Department to provide police protection and assist any county, municipal corporation or township of the state when such political subdivision so requests assistance.
(B) (1) Provided that:
(a) A bona fide emergency or particular need for assistance exists on the part of a county, municipal corporation or township within the state;
(b) A law enforcement call for assistance is received by the Police Department from any chief, sheriff, officer on duty in charge of the Police Department, or duly constituted public official; and
(c) The response is authorized by the Chief of Police, the village shall provide the police protection which has been requested and will render like services in law enforcement while so responding as it renders to the village and the village’s inhabitants with its police equipment, emergency vehicles and police officers.
(2) The Police Department shall render such assistance to a requesting county, municipal corporation or township within the state; provided that the territory within the village is not left unprotected or placed in jeopardy.
(D) Members of the Police Department, while acting in accordance with and pursuant to this section outside the village shall be entitled to participate in any pension indemnity fund established by the village to the same extent as if such members were acting within the municipal corporation limits of the village.
(E) Members of the Police Department shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of R.C. §§ 4123.01 through 4123.96 while acting in accordance with and pursuant to this section outside the village to the same extent as if such members were acting within the municipal corporation limits of the village.
(F) R.C. Chapter 2744, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to the village and to members of the Police Department when such members are providing police services pursuant to and in accordance with this section outside the municipal corporation limits of the village.
(Res. 89-27, passed 10-10-1989)