Be it enacted by the City of Long Branch, in the County of Monmouth, an ordinance establishing the participation of said municipality in a countywide compact which shall be know as "The Monmouth County Mutual Aid Agreement."

This article is created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-1(6) and N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1 and is adopted as a reciprocal agreement with all municipalities participating in the county wide mutual aid compact. Pursuant to this agreement, the City of Long Branch shall render assistance to any participating municipality by providing members of the Long Branch Police Department, upon request, to help preserve the public peace and order.

The municipality requesting assistance shall compensate the officers at an agreed upon rate by forwarding payment to the municipality, which will then compensate those officers who rendered assistance.

In the event that a member of the Long Branch Police Department is injured while rendering assistance to a participating municipality, the municipality receiving the assistance shall reimburse the municipality rendering assistance for any and all expenses incurred as a result of a worker's compensation claim filed by the injured officer.

A.violation of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I.