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214 Peace officers assigned to leadership positions shall be the liaison between the team members and 215 the Team Commander when an EMS team has been deployed pursuant to this agreement. 216 217 5.03 Team members 218 The chief law enforcement officer of each party shall assign licensed peace officers to serve as 219 EMS team members, subject to approval of the Team Commander. Appointment as a team member 220 pursuant to this agreement shall not obligate any party to pay its employees so appointed any 221 premium pay. 222 223 Team members assigned to the EMS at all times will remain employees of the members’ own 224 jurisdictions and will not be employees of the governing board. 225 226 A party may decline to make its personnel available to respond to a call for assistance. Failure to 227 provide assistance in response to a request made pursuant to this agreement will not result in any 228 liability to the party that fails to provide assistance or to the EMS. 229 230 5.04 Direction and Control 231 Personnel and equipment provided pursuant to this agreement shall be under the direction and the 232 tactical control of the licensed peace officer in command of the scene of the jurisdiction to which 233 assistance is being provided. They shall remain under this tactical control until the request for 234 assistance ends, or they are recalled by the Team Commander. 235 236 5.05 Compensation 237 When EMS provides services to a requesting party, the personnel of EMS shall be compensated by 238 their respective employers just as if they were performing the duties within and for the jurisdiction 239 of their employer. No charges will be levied by EMS or by parties for specialized response 240 operations provided to a requesting party pursuant to this agreement unless that assistance 241 continues for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours. If assistance provided pursuant to this 242 agreement continues for more than 48 continuous hours, and the assistance is not provided in 243 connection with a criminal investigation, any party whose officers provided assistance for EMS 244 shall submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, 245 overtime, materials and supplies, to EMS and EMS shall submit the invoices to the requesting 246 party. The requesting party shall reimburse EMS for that amount, and EMS shall forward the 247 reimbursement to its respective members. 248 249 Each of the parties is required by Minn. Stat., § 12.27, Subd. 3 to designate employees or officers 250 who are authorized to dispatch equipment and personnel, in certain emergencies, to other 251 jurisdictions. For purposes of dispatching EMS teams, each of the parties delegates such authority 252 to EMS, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into consideration 253 each party's available resources. 254 255 Calls for assistance from non-parties to EMS shall be governed by Minn. Stat., § 12.331. Each of 256 the parties delegates to EMS the authority to respond with the personnel and equipment of that 257 party that are assigned to EMS as a sending political subdivision within the meaning of Minn. Stat., 258 § 12.331, Subd. 1, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into 259 consideration each party's available resources. 260 261 If EMS provides services to an entity not a party to this agreement, the responding parties may 262 submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, 263 materials and supplies, to EMS, and EMS may bill such entity for the actual costs in accordance 264 with Minn. Stat., § 12.331. 265 266 5.06 Workers’ Compensation 267 5