This is a police mutual aid system operating in Northeastern Illinois. The department joined NIPAS in recognition of the fact that natural occurrences, or man-made occurrences, may result in situations which are beyond the ability of an individual community to deal with effectively (in terms of manpower and equipment resources on hand at a given time).
The purpose of NIPAS is to:
The three primary components of NIPAS are the car plan, emergency service team and the mobile field force.
For additional information, please visit the official NIPAS website.