Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1944 – Mutual assistance
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(a) The police agency of a jurisdiction may in its discretion enter into agreements to provide mutual assistance for such periods as it deems advisable with any other jurisdiction within or without the State, including the District of Columbia. Such agreements must set forth the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the mutual assistance contemplated under the agreement.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1944
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Jurisdiction: means a recognized geographic area such as a county, incorporated municipality or the legislatively defined area of responsibility of the Delaware River and Bay Authority or the Department of Safety and Homeland Security or the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and/or the University of Delaware and/or Delaware State University in which the governing body and its police have the authority, capacity, power and right to enforce laws. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1942
- Mutual assistance: means the provisions under this subchapter enabling the police of one jurisdiction to enter into another jurisdiction for purpose of rendering assistance upon the request of the other jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1942
- Police: includes all authorized law-enforcement personnel of a jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1942
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) [Repealed.]
11 Del. C. 1953, § ?1944; 57 Del. Laws, c. 433; 66 Del. Laws, c. 110, § ?2; 72 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 36, § ?1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 207, § 1;