69-2-6 - Jurisdiction and employee immunity.
69-2-6. Jurisdiction and employee immunity.
In implementing a 911 emergency telephone service, the public agency and public safetyagencies and their employees shall cooperate in establishing the service and in its day-to-dayprovision. Any employee of any public safety agency which is a participant in a 911 emergencytelephone service may respond and take any action to any call whether within or without theauthorized territorial jurisdiction of the public safety agency. In response to emergency calls,employees of public safety agencies shall have the same immunity for any acts performed in theline of duty outside their authorized jurisdictions as they enjoy within their authorizedjurisdictions. No cause of action is created by any incorrect dispatch or response by any systemor any public safety agency or by reason of elapsed response time.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 1986 General Session