Effective: September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, in order to obtain police protection or to obtain additional police protection, or to allow its police officers to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, may enter into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, joint police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one or more park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, with one or more port authorities, or with a contiguous municipal corporation in an adjoining state, upon any terms that are agreed upon, for services of police departments or the use of police equipment or for the interchange of services of police departments or police equipment within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions.
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to the contracting political subdivisions and to the police department members when they are rendering service outside their own subdivisions pursuant to the contracts.
Police department members acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed, pursuant to a contract entered into under this section, shall be entitled to participate in any indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision. Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision.
The contracts may provide for:
(A) A fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract;
(B) Compensation based upon:
(1) A stipulated price for each call or emergency;
(2) The number of members or pieces of equipment employed;
(3) The elapsed time of service required in each call or emergency.
(C) Compensation for loss or damage to equipment while engaged in rendering police services outside the limits of the subdivision owning and furnishing the equipment;
(D) Reimbursement of the subdivision in which the police department members are employed for any indemnity award or premium contribution assessed against the employing subdivision for workers' compensation benefits for injuries or death of its police department members occurring while engaged in rendering police services pursuant to the contract.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Section 737.01 | Director of Public Safety.
Section 737.02 | General Duties - Records - Contracts.
Section 737.021 | Division of Traffic Engineering and Safety in Department of Public Safety.
Section 737.022 | Authority of Director of Public Safety to Promulgate Certain Traffic Regulations.
Section 737.03 | Management of Certain Institutions - Contracts and Expenditures.
Section 737.04 | Mutual Aid Contracts for Police Protection.
Section 737.041 | Providing Police Service Without Contract.
Section 737.05 | Composition and Control of Police Department.
Section 737.051 | City Auxiliary Police Unit - City Parking Enforcement Unit.
Section 737.052 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 737.06 | Chief of Police.
Section 737.07 | Hours of Work for Policemen in Cities - Leave of Absence.
Section 737.08 | Composition and Control of City Fire Department.
Section 737.081 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 737.082 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.
Section 737.09 | Chief of Fire Department.
Section 737.10 | Additional Patrolmen and Firemen in Emergency Situation.
Section 737.11 | General Duties of Police and Fire Departments.
Section 737.111 | Fines, Rewards and Fees of Police Department Credited to General Fund.
Section 737.112 | Fines, Proceeds and Fees of Fire Department Credited to General Fund.
Section 737.12 | Suspension of Police and Fire Personnel.
Section 737.13 | Classification of Service - Rules and Regulations.
Section 737.14 | Relief for Members of Police or Fire Department.
Section 737.15 | Appointment of Village Marshal.
Section 737.161 | Village Auxiliary Police Unit - Parking Enforcement Unit.
Section 737.162 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 737.17 | Probationary Period - Final Appointment.
Section 737.171 | Procedure for Removal of Village Marshal.
Section 737.18 | General Powers of Village Police Officers.
Section 737.19 | Powers and Duties of Village Marshal.
Section 737.20 | Disposition of Fines and Penalties.
Section 737.21 | Municipal Fire Regulations, Department, Companies, and Rescue Units.
Section 737.22 | Appointment of Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer and Firefighters.
Section 737.221 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 737.222 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.
Section 737.23 | Schooling of Officers and Firemen of Fire Department.
Section 737.24 | Legislative Authority May Purchase Engines and Equipment.
Section 737.25 | Buildings for Department.
Section 737.27 | Investigation of Fires.
Section 737.28 | Erection of Houses and Business Structures - Removal.
Section 737.29 | Property Recovered by Police.
Section 737.31 | Disposition to Claimant.
Section 737.32 | Sale or Donation of Unclaimed Property.
Section 737.33 | Expenses of Storage and Sale - Notice.
Section 737.37 | Power of Legislative Authority to Regulate.
Section 737.40 | Voluntary Motor Vehicle Decal Registration Program.