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215 216 Peace officers assigned to leadership positions shall be the liaison between the team meinbers and 2l 7 the Team Commander when an EMS team has been deployed pursuant to this agreement. 218 219 5.03 Team members 220 The chief law enforceinent officer of each party shall assign licensed peace offcers to serve as 221 EMS team members, subject to approval of the Team Commander. Appointment as a team member 222 pursuant to this agreement shall not obligate any party to pay its employees so appointed any 223 premium pay. 224 225 Team members assigned to the EMS at all times will remain employees of the members' own 226 jurisdictions and will not be employees of the governing board. 227 228 A party may decline to make its personnel available to respond to a call far assistance. Failure to 229 provide assistance in response to a request made pursuant to this agreement will not result in any 230 liability to the party that fails to provide assistance or to the EMS. 231 232 5.04 Direction and Control 233 Personnel and equipment provided pursuant to this agreement shall be under the direction and the 234 tactical control of the licensed peace officer in command of the scene of the jurisdiction to which 235 assistance is being provided. They shall remain under this tactical control until the request for 236 assistance ends, or they are recalled by the Team Commander. 237 238 5.05 Comqensation 239 When EMS provides services to a requesting party, the personnel of EMS shall be compensated by 240 their respective employers just as if they were performing the duties within and for the jurisdiction 241 of their employer. No charges will be levied by EMS or by parties far specialized response 242 operations provided to a requesting party pursuant to this agreement unless that assistance 243 continues for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours. If assistance provided pursuant to this 244 agreement continues for more than 48 continuous hours, and the assistance is not provided in 245 connection with a criminal investigation, any party whose officers provided assistance for EMS 246 shall submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, 247 overtime, materials and supplies, to EMS and EMS shall submit the invoices to the requesting 248 party. The requesting party shall reimburse EMS for that amount, and EMS shall forward the 249 reiinbursement to its respective members. 250 251 Each of the parties, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, is required by Minn. Stat., § 252 12.27, Subd. 3 to designate employees or officers who are authorized to dispatch equipment and 253 personnel, in certain emergencies, to other jurisdictions. For purposes of dispatching EMS teams, 254 each of the parties delegates such authority to EMS, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel 255 and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. 256 257 Calls for assistance from non-parties to EMS shall be governed by Minn. Stat., § 12.331. Each of 258 the parties, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, delegates to EMS the authority to 259 respond with the personnel and equipment of tbat parry that are assigned to EMS as a sending 260 political subdivision within the meaning of Minn. Stat., § 12.331, Subd. ], which is authorized to 261 dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. 262 263 If EMS provides services to an entity not a party to this agreement, the responding parties may 264 submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, 265 materials and supplies, to EMS, and EMS may bill such entity for the actual costs in accordance 266 with Minn. Stat., § 12.331. 267 268