Ohio Code § 505.43

§ 505.43.

In order to obtain police protection, or to obtain additional police protection, any

township may enter into a contract with one or more townships, municipal corporations,

park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code , county sheriffs, joint police districts, or with a governmental entity of an adjoining

state upon any terms that are agreed to by them, for services of police departments

or use of police equipment, or the interchange of the service of police departments

or use of police equipment within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions,

if the contract is first authorized by respective boards of township trustees or other

legislative bodies.  The cost of the contract may be paid for from the township general fund or from

funds received pursuant to the passage of a levy authorized pursuant to division (J) or (JJ) of section 5705.19 and section 5705.25 of the Revised Code . Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is applicable to the operation of

police departments, applies to the contracting political subdivisions and police department

members when the members are rendering service outside their own subdivision pursuant

to the contract. Police department members acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed

may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to

the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision, and are 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 contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed

upon and stipulated in the contract.