Laserfiche WebLink
Peace officers assigned to leadership positions shall be the liaison between the team members and <br />the Team Commander when an EMS team has been deployed pursuant to this agreement. <br />5.03 Team members <br />The chief law enforcement officer of each party shall assign licensed peace officers to serve as <br />EMS team members, subject to approval of the Team Commander. Appointment as a team member <br />pursuant to this agreement shall not obligate any party to pay its employees so appointed any <br />premium pay. <br />Team members assigned to the EMS at all times will remain employees of the members' own <br />jurisdictions and will not be employees of the governing board. <br />A party may decline to make its personnel available to respond to a call for assistance. Failure to <br />provide assistance in response to a request made pursuant to this agreement will not result in any <br />liability to the party that fails to provide assistance or to the EMS. <br />5.04 Direction and Control <br />Personnel and equipment provided pursuant to this agreement shall be under the direction and the <br />tactical control of the licensed peace officer in command of the scene of the jurisdiction to which <br />assistance is being provided. They shall remain under this tactical control until the request for <br />assistance ends, or they are recalled by the Team Commander. <br />5.05 Compensation <br />When EMS provides services to a requesting party, the personnel of EMS shall be compensated by <br />their respective employers just as if they were performing the duties within and for the jurisdiction <br />of their employer. No charges will be levied by EMS or by parties for specialized response <br />operations provided to a requesting party pursuant to this agreement unless that assistance <br />continues for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours. If assistance provided pursuant to this <br />agreement continues for more than 48 continuous hours, and the assistance is not provided in <br />connection with a criminal investigation, any party whose officers provided assistance for EMS <br />shall submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, <br />overtime, materials and supplies, to EMS and EMS shall submit the invoices to the requesting <br />party. The requesting party shall reimburse EMS for that amount, and EMS shall forward the <br />reimbursement to its respective members. <br />Each of the parties, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, is required by Minn. Stat., § <br />12.27, Subd. 3 to designate employees or officers who are authorized to dispatch equipment and <br />personnel, in certain emergencies, to other jurisdictions. For purposes of dispatching EMS teams, <br />each of the parties delegates such authority to EMS, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel <br />and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. <br />Calls for assistance from non - parties to EMS shall be governed by Minn. Stat., § 12.331. Each of <br />the parties, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, delegates to EMS the authority to <br />respond with the personnel and equipment of that party that are assigned to EMS as a sending <br />political subdivision within the meaning of Minn. Stat., § 12.331, Subd. 1, which is authorized to <br />dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. <br />If EMS provides services to an entity not a party to this agreement, the responding parties may <br />submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, <br />materials and supplies, to EMS, and EMS may bill such entity for the actual costs in accordance <br />with Minn. Stat., § 12.331. <br />