Alabama § 45-16-234 Contracting of Police Services by Municipality

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-16-234 — Contracting of Police Services by Municipality

Alabama·Title 45 Local Laws·Ch. 16 Coffee County·Art. 23 Sheriff·Part 5 Miscellaneous Provisions

(a)Any municipality within Coffee County may contract with the Sheriff of Coffee County for police services. The contract may include enforcement by the sheriff, or his or her duly commissioned deputies, of all laws within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the municipality, including municipal ordinances, and the arrest or citation of any offenders as if the sheriff, or his or her duly commissioned deputies, were duly constituted police officers of the municipality.

(b)A municipality entering into a contract pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the county treasury a sum sufficient to provide the necessary manpower and equipment as mutually agreed upon by the municipal governing body, the sheriff, and the county commission.

(c)The county commission shall receive from the

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(a) Any municipality within Coffee County may contract with the Sheriff of Coffee County for police services. The contract may include enforcement by the sheriff, or his or her duly commissioned deputies, of all laws within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the municipality, including municipal ordinances, and the arrest or citation of any offenders as if the sheriff, or his or her duly commissioned deputies, were duly constituted police officers of the municipality.
(b) A municipality entering into a contract pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the county treasury a sum sufficient to provide the necessary manpower and equipment as mutually agreed upon by the municipal governing body, the sheriff, and the county commission.
(c) The county commission shall receive from the municipality the funds paid under the contract for police services and may expend funds for police services in the municipality, including the police jurisdiction of the municipality.
(d) Each contract between the sheriff and a municipality shall be with the consent and approval of the sheriff and the county commission.
(e) The sheriff and his or her duly commissioned deputies, in the performance of any duties carried out pursuant to a contract with a municipality, shall retain the legal and constitutional immunity afforded to each of them by law.

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