(A) Authorized. The City of Pleasanton, Texas, acting by and through its Mayor, Mayor pro tem, or in his or her absence or inability to act, the City Manager or in his or her absence or inability to act, the Chief of Police may send or direct any of its regularly employed law enforcement officers to assist any other county or municipality, when request for assistance is received from the Mayor, or other officer authorized to declare a state of civil emergency, in another municipality or county, representing that there exists in another county or municipality a need for additional law enforcement officers to protect health, life and property of another county or municipality or its inhabitants, and the visitors thereof, by reason of riot, unlawful assembly characterized by the use of force and violence, or threat by three or more persons acting together or without lawful authority, or during the time of natural or human-made calamity or organized criminal activity.
(B) Status of officers while serving in another jurisdiction. Law enforcement officers, so sent to another municipality or county shall be and become peace officers of another county or municipality under the command of the law enforcement officer therein, who is in charge in that city or county and, as provided by state law, shall be vested with all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer in another county or municipality to which sent, and the law enforcement officers of the City of Pleasanton shall be considered under the terms of the state law as being in compliance therewith and shall be entitled to the same wage, salary, pension and all other compensations while performing police duties outside of the territorial limits of the City of Pleasanton, Texas, as though the same services were being rendered in the City of Pleasanton, Texas and the City of Pleasanton shall pay to the officers such wages, salary, pension and other benefits, together with medical, travel, food, lodging and other expenses incurred on account of performing services outside of the territorial limits of the City of Pleasanton.
(1989 Code, Ch. 7, § 9)
Statutory reference:
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code, §§ 362.001 through 362.003