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21 Peace officers assigned to leadership positions shall be the liaison between the team members and the Team Commander when an EMS team has been deployed pursuant to this agreement. 5.03 Team members The chief law enforcement officer of each party shall assign licensed peace officers to serve as EMS team members, subject to approval of the Team Commander. Appointment as a team member pursuant to this agreement shall not obligate any party to pay its employees so appointed any premium pay. Team members assigned to the EMS at all times will remain employees of the members' own jurisdictions and will not be employees of the governing board. A party may decline to make its personnel available to respond to a call for assistance. Failure to provide assistance in response to a request made pursuant to this agreement will not result in any liability to the party that fails to provide assistance or to the EMS. 5.04 Direction and Control Personnel and equipment provided pursuant to this agreement shall be under the direction and the tactical control of the licensed peace officer in command of the scene of the jurisdiction to which assistance is being provided. They shall remain under this tactical control until the request for assistance ends, or they are recalled by the Team Commander. 5.05 Compensation When EMS provides services to a requesting party, the personnel of EMS shall be compensated by their respective employers just as if they were performing the duties within and for the jurisdiction oftheir employer. No charges will be levied by EMS or by parties for specialized response operations provided to a requesting party pursuant to this agreement unless that assistance continues for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours. If assistance provided pursuant to this agreement continues for more than 48 continuous homy, and the assistance is not provided in connection with a criminal investigation, any party whose officers provided assistance for EMS shall submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, materials and supplies, to EMS and EMS shall submit the invoices to the requesting party. The requesting party shall reimburse EMS for that amount, and EMS shall forward the reimbursement to its respective members. Each of the parties is required by Minn. Stat., § 12.27, Subd. 3 to designate employees or officers who are authorized to dispatch equipment and personnel, in certain emergencies, to other jurisdictions. For proposes of dispatching EMS teams, each of the parties delegates such authority to EMS, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. Calls for assistance from non-parties to EMS shall be governed by Minn. Stat., § 12.331. Each of the parties delegates to EMS the authority to respond with the personnel and equipment of that party that are assigned to EMS as a sending political subdivision within the meaning of Minn. Stat., § 12.331, Salad. 1, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. If EMS provides services to an entity not a party to this agreement, the responding parties may submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, materials and supplies, to EMS, and EMS may bill such entity for the actual costs in accordance with Minn. Stat., § 12.331. 5.06 Workers' Compensation