Ohio § 737.04

§ 737.04.

The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, in order to obtain police

protection or to obtain additional police protection, or to allow its police officers

to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, may enter

into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police

districts, joint police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one or more

park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code , with one or more port authorities, or with a contiguous municipal corporation in

an adjoining state, upon any terms that are agreed upon, for services of police departments

or the use of police equipment or for the interchange of services of police departments

or police equipment within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police

departments, shall apply to the contracting political subdivisions and to the police

department members when they are rendering service outside their own subdivisions

pursuant to the contracts. Police department members acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed,

pursuant to a contract entered into under this section, shall be entitled to participate

in any indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting

within the employing subdivision.  Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123.

of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision. The contracts may provide for: (A) A fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract; (B) Compensation based upon: (1) A stipulated price for each call or emergency; (2) The number of members or pieces of equipment employed; (3) The elapsed time of service required in each call or emergency. (C) Compensation for loss or damage to equipment while engaged in rendering police services

outside the limits of the subdivision owning and furnishing the equipment; (D) Reimbursement of the subdivision in which the police department members are employed

for any indemnity award or premium contribution assessed against the employing subdivision

for workers' compensation benefits for injuries or death of its police department

members occurring while engaged in rendering police services pursuant to the contract.