§ 1951. Purposes—Article I

The purposes of this Compact are to:

1. Provide close and effective cooperation and assistance in detecting and apprehending those engaged in organized criminal activities;

2. Establish and maintain a central criminal intelligence bureau to gather, evaluate and disseminate to the appropriate law enforcement officers of the party states information concerning organized crime, its leaders and their associates;

3. Provide mutual aid and assistance in the event of police emergencies, and to provide for the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities of police personnel when rendering such aid. (Added 1967, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 15, 1968.)