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n U 0 F-] GENERAL ORDER DATE: November 20, 1978 TO: All Personnel FROM: Chief M. Kilbo SUBJECT: Mutual Aid response/request The city of Orono is in a Mutual Aid Pact with 28 The basic intent of this pact is to provide a legal Law Enforcement Resources within Hennepin County, different agencies, vehicle for sharing In event of a major disaster such as,:a tornado, flood or storm damage, plane crash, railroad accident, hostage situation, riot or civil disturb- ance, searches for missing persons or any situation where it is evident :that one community could not provide sufficient resources, the mayor, city administrator, and/or the chief of police shall be the requesting/respond- ing party. In the case of day to day emergencies such as medicals, alarms, back up on dangerous calls, traffic control at accident scenes the senior officer on duty is authorized to request or respond to Mutual Aid calls, Th.e following criteria shall be used in determining whether response is to be given on day to day emergencies. 1. If only one car is on duty, the response is to be for urgent matters only. As soon as the immediate emergency is over the Orono car shall return to Orono. 2. If two cars are on duty, the senior officer on duty shall determine whether Orono will respond and which unit is to respond. One car shall remain within the Orono area. 3. In all day to day emergincies, when units of responsible juris- diction•arrive, the Orono car shall leave the scene returning to Orono. In any case, the Orono car shall not be out of Orono over one hour without checking with a senior officer for further orders. 4. the distance the Orono car has to travel is to be considered. If a closer car is responding to aid requesting party, the Orono car shall stay in the city until further aid is requested. 5. All officers are reminded our primary duty is to the city of Orono and its contracting agencies.