(a) The Police Department may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township or township police district, or joint police district of the state, to a park district created pursuant to R.C. § 511.18 or 1545.01, to a port authority, to any multi-jurisdictional drug, gang or career criminal task force, or to a governmental entity of an adjoining state without a contract to provide police protection, upon the approval, by resolution, of Council and upon authorization by an officer or employee of the Police Department who is designated by title of office or position, pursuant to the resolution of Council, to give the authorization.
(b) R.C. Chapter 2744, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to the municipality and to members of its Police Department when the members are rendering police services pursuant to this section outside the municipality.
(c) Police Department members acting, as provided in this section, outside the municipality, shall be entitled to participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the municipality. Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of R.C. Chapter 4123, to the same extent as while performing services within the municipality.
(R.C. § 737.041)