Sec.29-140-5b. Police protection

(a) In municipalities in which there is a municipal police department having jurisdiction over the site on which the tent or portable shelter is located, the chief of police may determine the extent of police protection at the site.

(b) In municipalities in which the Department of Public Safety has jurisdiction over the site on which the tent or portable shelter is located, the commander of the state police troop for the geographic area in which the site is located shall determine the extent of police protection at the site.

(c) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall assign sworn members of the Department of Public Safety to any tent or portable shelter in which a circus is presented for the prevention or abatement of fire, casualty and related hazards.

(d) Police protection provided in accordance with this section shall be paid for by the person or persons operating, conducting or promoting such assembly of one hundred or more persons.

(Adopted effective November 2, 1999)