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or materials that may be of use in preserving or restoring order; (3) or other personnel, goods, or services needed by a requesting party in cases of emergency. The request may be made orally or in writing and may be delivered directly or indirectly, in person, by messenger, by telephone, by telegraph, by radio, or otherwise. If the request is made orally, it shall at the same time be reduced to writing and mailed, telegraphed, or delivered to the chief elected official o~ the requested party. The chief elected official of the requested party need not wait for the receipt of written confirmation of the request, however, before taking action. d. Req~esting party. This phrase refers to a party to this agreement which at the time in question (1) is suffering from an emergency requiring or likely to require a greater level of law enforcement effort than it can provide, (2) has, through its chief elected official, declared that a state of emergency exists, and (3) has initiated a request for law enforcement assistance from the other party to this agreement. e. Sending party, This phrase refers to a requested party which has, in the manner specified in this agreement, agreed to send part or all of the law enforcement assistance requested by the requesting party. 2. When the chief elected official of a party to this agreement determines in his discretion that his political subdivision is faced with emergency conditions requiring or likely to require a greater level of law enforcement effort than can be provided by that subdivision, he may make a public declaration of emergency~ In the case of Cabarrus County, this determination and declaration shall only be made after consultation with the sheriff of the county. Upon the making of such declaration, the political subdivision then becomes entitled to request law en- forcement assistance as a requesting party Under the terms of this agreement. The request made shall be with the concurrence of the sheriff in the case of Cabarrus County, though a statement that such concurrence has been secured need not be expressly made in the request for law enforcement assistance. 3. Upon receipt of a request for law enforcement assistance by the chief elected official of a requested party, such chief elected official shall imm- ediately, in consultation with the sheriff, in the case of Cabarrus County, initiate an inquiry within his jurisdiction to determine whether the requested party may honor the request for law enforcement assistance, or any part of it, without unduly'impairing its capacity to maintain law and order and provide for the peace and safety of its citizens and their property.- Upon his determination that part or all of the request for law enforcement assistance may be honored without undue danger to the requested.party, the chief elected official of the requested party may take such steps as necessary to furnish as much law enforce- ment assistance to the requesting party as he deems appropriate. In the case of Cabarrus County, the making of that determination and the taking of any steps to furnish law enforcement assistance shall be done with the concurrence of the sheriff. Subject to overriding action by the governing body of the requested party, and the necessary concurrence of the sheriff in the case of Cabarrus County, the decision whether to send, and the timing and amount of the sending of, law enforcement assistance shall be solely within the discretion of the chief elected official of the requested party.