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SECTION VII: POWERS, PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND COSTS a) All employees of the Miami Shores Police Department and the Sunny Isles Police Department, including certified law enforcement employees as defined in Chapter 943, Florida Statutes, while actually engaging in mutual cooperation and assistance outside their jurisdictional limits, but inside this state, under the terms of this agreement, shall, pursuant to the provisions of ~ 23.127(1), Florida Statutes, have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as if the employee was performing duties inside the employee's political subdivision in which normally employed. b) The Miami Shores Police Department and the Sunny Isles Police Department agree to furnish necessary personnel, equipment, resources and facilities and to render services to each other party to the agreement as set forth above; provided, however, that no party shall be required to unreasonably deplete its own personnel, equipment, resources, facilities, and services in furnishing such mutual aid, as determined by the furnishing party. c) As between the parties hereto, the political subdivision that furnishes equipment pursuant to this agreement shall bear the cost of loss or damage to that equipment and must pay any expense incurred in the operation and maintenance of that equipment. d) As between the parties hereto, the agency furnishing aid pursuant to this agreement shall compensate its officer(s) / employee(s) during the time such aid is rendered and shall defray the actual travel and maintenance expenses of its employees while they are rendering such aid, including any amounts paid or due for compensation due to personnel injury or death while such employees are engaged in rendering such aid, to the same degree, manner and extent as if the officer(s)/employee(s) were engaged in the performance of duties within their respective jurisdictions. e) The privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances and rules, and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, Workers' Compensation, salary, death and other benefits that apply to the activity of an employee of an agency when performing the employee's duties within the territorial limits of the employee's agency apply to the employee to the same degree, manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of the employee's duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this mutual aid agreement. The provisions of this section shall apply with equal effect to paid, volunteer, and auxiliary employees. f) Nothing herein shall prevent the requesting agency from requesting supplemental appropriations from the governing authority having budgeting jurisdiction to reimburse the assisting agency for any actual costs or expenses incurred by the assisting agency performing hereunder. 12/16/2004 4