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 110 STAT. 1610 PUBLIC LAW 104-181—AUG. 6, 1996 "2. Upon request for law enforcement assistance as provided in Paragraph 1, the senior law enforcement officer on duty in the responding city will authorize a response as follows: "a. The responding city will attempt to provide at least the following personnel and equipment in response to the request: "(1) A minimum response of one vehicle and one person. "(2) A maximum response of fifty percent (50%) of available personnel and resources, "b. The response will be determined by the severity of the circumstances in the requesting city which prompted such request as determined by the senior law enforcement officer on duty in the responding city after discussion with the senior law enforcement officer on duty in the requesting city. Any decision reached by such senior officer of the responding city as to such response shall be final. "c. If an emergency exists in the responding city at the time the request is made, or if such an emergency occurs during the course of responding to a request under this Agreement, and if the senior law enforcement officer on duty in the responding city reasonably determines, after a consideration of the severity of the emergency in his jurisdiction, that the responding city cannot comply with the minimal requirements under this Agreement without endangering Hfe or incurring significant property damage in his city, or both, he may choose to use all equipment and personnel in his own jurisdiction. In such event, such officer of the responding city shall immediately attempt to inform the senior law enforcement officer on duty in the requesting city of his decision. "3. The city which requests mutual aid under this Agreement shall not be deemed liable or responsible for the equipment and other personal property of personnel of the responding city which might be lost, stolen or damaged during the course of responding under the terms of this Agreement. "4. The city responding to a request for mutual aid under this Agreement assumes all liabilities and responsibility as between the two cities for damage to its own equipment and other personal property. The responding city also assumes all liability and responsibility, as between the two cities, for any damage caused by its own equipment and/or the negligence of its personnel occurring outside the jurisdiction of the requesting city while en route thereto pursuant to a request for assistance under this Agreement, or while returning therefrom. "5. The city responding under this A^eement assumes no responsibility or liability for damage to property or injury to any person that may occur due to actions taken in responding under this Agreement; all such liability and responsibility shall rest solely with the city requesting such aid and within which boundaries the property exists or the incident occurs, and the requesting party hereby assumes all of such liability and responsibility. "6. Each city hereby waives any and all claims against the other city which may arise out of their activities in the other city's jurisdiction under this Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, the city requesting assistance under this

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