§ 18-6. Intercity/county assignment of law enforcement officers.

(a)

Pursuant to the provisions of Vernon's Ann. Civ. St., article 999b, Senate Bill 233, Acts of the 61st Texas Legislature, Regular Session 1969, the chief of police of this city is authorized to assign the regularly employed law enforcement personnel of the department to assist any other municipality or county when a state of civil emergency in such other county or municipality has been declared by proper authority and when, in the opinion of such proper authority, a need exists in such other county or municipality for additional law enforcement officers to protect the health, life and property of such other county or municipality, its inhabitants and visitors thereto, by reason of riot, unlawful assembly characterized by the use of force and violence or threats thereof by three (3) or more persons acting together or without lawful authority or during a time of natural disaster or manmade calamity.

(b)

When any law enforcement officer of this city is ordered by the proper authority to perform peace officer duties outside the territorial limits of the city, such officer shall be entitled to the same wages, salary, pension and all other compensations and all other rights for such service including injury or death benefits, the same as if the service had been rendered within this city and such person shall also be paid for any reasonable expenses of travel, food or lodging as well as for damage to equipment and clothing and medical expenses which he may incur while on duty outside this city or while traveling to or from such assignment.

(c)

Whenever any law enforcement officer of any other municipality or county is assigned to this city under authority of an order adopted by the governing body of such municipality or county to assist under circumstances as described in subsection (a), such law enforcement officer shall be a peace officer of this city and shall be under the command of the chief of police of this city while so assigned. Such law enforcement officer shall have all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer of this city as fully as though he were within the municipality or county where regularly employed and his respective qualifications for office where regularly employed shall constitute his qualifications for office in such city and no other oath, bond or compensation shall be required.

(d)

When any law enforcement officer is assigned to this city from another city or county under the circumstances described in subsection (a), this city shall, upon request, reimburse the city or county furnishing the services of such law enforcement officer for his actual expenses of travel, food and lodging and for such cost of damage to equipment and clothing resulting from the service of such law enforcement officer to this city and for which the city or county where he is regularly employed has paid.

(e)

All sales made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be made for cash.

(Code 1966, § 18½-1; Ord. No. 79-106, § 5, 6-12-79)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 999b.