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Rappahannock County Sheriff Larry Sherertz entered into a mutual aid agreement with Warren and Fauquier county sheriffs on May 12 at a meeting in Front Royal.
Under the agreement, sheriffs may contact sheriffs in other jurisdictions for assistance with law enforcement matters - including but not limited to crowd control and criminal investigations - and relief from natural disasters, among other things.
Assistance can be in the form of extra deputies, equipment and facilities, and other technical resources. Deputies who go into another jurisdiction under the agreement are empowered by that jurisdiction to act as officers of the law.
They are also protected by the other jurisdiction from legal actions, such as lawsuits.
The agreement does allow a sheriff to say no if a request from another county places his/her jurisdiction in jeopardy. For instance, if Sherertz did not have enough deputies or sufficient equipment to send into another county, then he could refuse a request for aid.
Warren and Fauquier Counties could also say no to Rappahannock County under the same circumstances.
The meeting was attended by sheriffs from eight counties: Rappahannock, Fauquier, Warren, Page, Clarke, Rockingham, Frederick and Shenandoah. Five separate agreements were signed between the counties.
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