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Arrests <br />Arrest policies will be determined by the Incident Commander in charge of the <br />event. Transportation of prisoners to jail facilities will be coordinated by the <br />Incident Commander <br />The primarily responsible agency will be responsible for providing supplies that <br />are reasonably needed to sustain the responding officers in enforcing the law and <br />maintaining order Each agency will be responsible for any repairs and/or <br />damages done to their own vehicles as a result of participation in mutual aid. <br />III. Insurance <br />No signatory shall be held liable to another signatory for damages, loss of <br />equipment, injury to personnel, or payment of compensation arising as a result of <br />assistance rendered under the terms of this agreement. <br />IV Commissions Authority <br />Full -time, paid, commissioned officers who are responding to any call for mutual <br />aid shall be automatically commissioned by virtue of the mutual aid agreement, <br />through the commissioning authority of the primarily responsible agency and, <br />therefore, shall be empowered to exercise the same police authority during the <br />time of the mutual aid as though they were full -time commissioned officers of the <br />primarily responsible agency This provision shall apply whether the mutual aid <br />request is of <br />(a) A formal nature between department heads, <br />(b) A less formal nature through agreement of watch commanders or shift <br />supervisors, or, <br />(c) When the officers of one jurisdiction cross jurisdiction boundaries to <br />aid or assist the officers of another jurisdiction signatory to this <br />agreement. <br />If signatory agencies have reserve officers or part-time officers, in addition to <br />full -time paid, commissioned officers, they shall normally be exempt from the <br />automatic commissioning, except those reserve officers working under the <br />immediate supervision of a full -time officer Reserve or part-time officers may be <br />extended automatic commissioning at the direction of the department head who <br />requests mutual aid, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that such determination should be <br />worked out in advance among the heads of the signatory agencies. <br />V Command <br />The underlying principle of mutual aid is that other agencies are serving as a <br />resource to another agency's request. Therefore, the Chief of Police or his/her <br />designee (Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, etc) of the requesting agency maintains <br />2 <br />