[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
South Fayette 2-7-1933 by Ord. No. 136.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Township Commissioners may appoint one or more Township
Policemen, who shall serve for such length of time as the Township Commissioners
shall designate and who shall be ex-officio constables of the township and
may, without warrant and on view, arrest and commit for hearing any and all
persons guilty of a breach of the peace, vagrancy, riotous or disorderly conduct
or drunkenness; who may be engaged in any unlawful act tending to imperil
the personal security or endanger the property of the citizens of the township;
who may be engaged in the unlawful hunting or shooting of any kind of game
on any privately owned property within the township; or violating any of the
ordinances of the township for the violation of which a fine or penalty is
imposed, and shall be subject to such other rules and orders as the Board
of Township Commissioners may from time to time prescribe.
Said Township Policemen, when on duty, shall wear a badge or shield
with the words "Township Police, Township of South Fayette," inscribed thereon,
which badge shall be furnished by the township.[1]
The Board of Township Commissioners may require each Township Policeman
to furnish a bond in such amount, with approved sureties, as the Board of
Township Commissioners shall direct, conditioned to protect and save and keep
harmless the Township of South Fayette from any and all damages occasioned
by false or illegal arrests or from any misconduct in office which would subject
the township to damages.[1]
