[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Kilbuck 9-15-1986 by Ord. No. 11. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch. 44.
The Kilbuck Township Volunteer Fire Company may nominate any of its
members as special fire police, said nominations shall be made in writing
and shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of Kilbuck.
Upon receipt of said nomination, the Board of Supervisors or its duly
appointed representative shall conduct an investigation to determine the fitness
of the nominee.
Upon receipt of a written report from its representative or by the Board
of Supervisors, the names of the approved nominees shall be placed for appointment
on the agenda of a regularly convened meeting of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Kilbuck.
If the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Kilbuck is satisfied
as to the fitness of a nominee, it shall, by resolution, appoint said nominee
as a fire police person for a term to be determined by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Kilbuck.
A fire police person cannot exercise any authority until said person
has been confirmed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Kilbuck.
After confirmation the nominee must take an oath or affirm to support
and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and the ordinances of the Township of Kilbuck.
The fire police person shall have full police power to enforce the provisions
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code[1] and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crimes Code[2] that are within the scope of their limited employment or duties
inasmuch as they are police officers in a limited capacity, and shall have
the authority to:
A.
Demand a vehicle operator show operator's license
or vehicle registration.
B.
Issue citations for summary offenses, both traffic and
nontraffic.
C.
Exercise such other police powers as may be necessary,
under the circumstances, to facilitate and prevent interference with the work
of fire persons in extinguishing fires.
The fire police person shall not have any authority other than as provided
herein.
A.
The fire police person shall exercise his or her duties without
prior request from the Township of Kilbuck Board of Supervisors or the police
officer in charge.
B.
When performing his or her duties, however, the special fire
police person shall be under the direction and control of the police officer
in charge of the incident necessitating the fire police person to exercise
the powers granted hereunder.
This chapter shall not be construed to grant the fire police persons
the right and/or power to use firearms or other weapons in the exercise of
their granted powers.
Whenever the Township of Kilbuck voluntary fire company is in attendance
on a fire or when such special fire police person is on special duty, such
special fire police person shall have the same power and authority in any
other municipality as they would have had in the Township of Kilbuck.
If a member of the Pennsylvania State Police Department or the Sheriff
of Allegheny County is in attendance rather than a member of the Kilbuck Township
Police Department, the special fire police person shall be subject to the
authority of the member of the Pennsylvania State Police or the Sheriff's
Department of the County of Allegheny.
