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(1) Each party will endeavor to provide police support to the jurisdictions which are parties to this agreement within the capabilities available at the time the request for such support is made and within the terms of this agreement. (2) Request for assistance pursuant to the terms and conditions of this agreement shall be made by the City Manager or his designee or the Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Base Support Unit or his designee. (3) The Chief of the Portsmouth City Police Department and the Commanding Officers of Portsmouth based Coast Guard cutters, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, and all shore commands located on U.S. Coast Guard Base Support Unit Portsmouth are authorized and directed to draft and update, as deemed necessary, detailed plans of operation and procedure for the technical implementation of this agreement. ( 4) The personnel of the requested jurisdiction shall render assistance under the direction of the official designated by the requesting jurisdiction. (5) Law enforcement support provided pursuant to this agreement shall include, but not be limited to, the following resources: uniformed officers, canine officers, aerial support when maintained, forensic support, plainclothes officers, special operations personnel and related equipment. (6) Subject to the terms of this agreement, and without limiting in any way the other circumstances or conditions in which mutual aid may be requested and provided under this agreement, the parties hereto agree to provide assistance to the requesting jurisdiction in situations within their interest requiring the mass processing of arrestees, and transportation of arrestees. The parties to this agreement further agree to assist the requesting jurisdiction with security and operation of temporary detention facilities on the Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. (7) Nothing contained in this agreement should in any manner be construed to compel any of the parties hereto to respond to a request for police support when the police personnel of the jurisdiction to whom the request is made are, in the opinion of the requested jurisdiction, needed or are being used within the boundaries of that jurisdiction, nor shall any such request compel the requested jurisdiction to continue to provide police support in another jurisdiction when its police personnel or equipment, in the opinion of the requested jurisdiction, are needed for other duties within the boundaries of its own jurisdiction. (8) In addition to providing mutual aid upon request, police officers, agents and other employees of either jurisdiction may also enter the other jurisdiction in furtherance of law enforcement purposes, concerning any offense in which the entering police department may have a valid interest; provided, that the 2