[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Prospect Park as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Pension Fund — See Ch. 29.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance supersedes former
Ch. 27, Police Department, adopted 4-12-1977 as Ord. No. 951, approved
4-12-1977, and Ord. No. 1090, adopted 7-12-1988, approved 7-12-1988.
The Police Department of Prospect Park Borough,
as heretofore recognized, established and existing, is hereby reestablished
as provided in this article. Said Police Department shall consist
of such number of police officers as the Borough Council from time
to time, by resolution, determines.
A.
All full-time police officers shall be appointed by
the Borough Council, upon recommendations of the Police and Fire Committee,
pursuant to the civil service provisions of the Borough Code and the
Civil Service Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as amended,
in effect at the time of such appointment.
B.
All full-time police officers shall serve a probationary
period of one year, following which the appointment shall be permanent.
C.
Full-time police officers, either prior to their appointment
or within such period of time after their appointment, as the Borough
Council shall designate, shall undergo and satisfactorily complete
a course of training at a police training school authorized by the
Borough Council.
A.
All part-time police officers and special school police
officers shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Borough
Council.
B.
During an emergency in which the safety and welfare
of the Borough is endangered, the Mayor may appoint special police
officers to service during the period of such emergency.
A.
The compensation, benefits and conditions of employment
of all full-time police officers shall be established and determined
from time to time by the Borough Council. Should said full-time police
officers form a collective bargaining unit as authorized by law, the
compensation, benefits and conditions of employment of the police
officers comprising such collective bargaining unit shall be determined
and established by negotiations and agreement with the Borough Council.
B.
The compensation, benefits and conditions of employment
of all part-time police officers, special school police and special
police appointed in an emergency by the Mayor shall be established
and determined from time to time by the Borough Council.
A.
The regular hours of employment for full-time police
officers shall be 40 hours per work week. For the purpose of this
section, a "work week" shall be a seven-day period as the Borough
Council shall from time to time designate or as otherwise defined
in a collective bargaining agreement.
B.
Hours of employment of full-time police officers in
excess of 40 hours per week are authorized only in emergencies or
when reasonably necessary to provide scheduled police coverage due
to the absence for any reason of a normally scheduled full-time police
officer and the unavailability of a part-time police officer to fill
the schedule of the absent officer.
C.
Part-time police officers shall be employed only for
such periods of time as shall be required for any emergency or to
provide scheduled police coverage for any reason of a normally scheduled
full-time police officer.
The police officers of the Borough shall be
classified and ranked as follows:
A.
One (1) full-time police officer shall be designated
as Chief of Police by the Borough Council. The Chief of Police shall
be the chief executive and administrative officer of the Police Department.
The Chief of Police shall be a full-time resident of the Borough of
Prospect Park at the time of his appointment or become a full-time
resident within six months of his appointment. Any nonresident shall
be Acting Chief only until residency is established. Failure to comply
with the residency requirement shall be grounds to designate another
Chief.
C.
All part-time police officers shall be classified
and ranked as patrolman.
The Chief of Police shall do and perform each
of the following:
A.
Direct the subordinate officers in the performance
of their duties. In the absence of the Chief of Police, the next highest
ranking officer shall direct and supervise subordinate officers in
the performance of their duties. This section specifically authorizes
the designation of an officer as investigator as may be needed from
time to time.
B.
Prepare or cause to be prepared and kept all records
and reports necessary for the proper and efficient administration
of the Police Department.
C.
Prepare rules and regulations governing the conduct
of all police officers in the performance of their duties, their relations
with the general public and their relations with other elected or
appointed officials of the Borough. Such rules and regulations shall
be subject to review by the Mayor and the Police Committee and, upon
their adoption by the Borough Council, shall be the duly constituted
rules and regulations of the Police Department.
D.
Prepare and post duty schedules for all full-time
police officers, including the Chief of Police. Such duty schedules
shall be so designated and implemented to the effect the following:
E.
Promptly report to the Borough Secretary requests
for vacation days, sick days or leaves of absence.
It shall be the duty of the members of the Police
Department to see to the enforcement of all ordinances of the Borough
and all statutes effective in the Borough and to preserve order and
prevent infractions of the law and to arrest violators. Every member
of the Police Department is hereby declared to be a conservator of
the peace.
The Police and Fire Committee is hereby authorized
to adopt, subject to the approval of the Borough Council, such rules
and regulations with respect to the Police Department of the Borough
as it may deem proper.
All new members shall be appointed as probationary
patrolman, and no person shall be promoted from patrolman of any class
to a higher class except in accordance with the requirements of the
rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, the Police
and Fire Committee and the Borough Council. Neither shall any member
of the Police Department be demoted except in accordance with the
provisions of the Civil Service Act[1] of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 71 P.S. § 741.1
et seq.
The Chief of Police and all members of the Police
Department shall be under the supervision of the Mayor, who shall
have, in addition to other powers, the power, for cause and without
pay, to suspend any member of the Police Department until the succeeding
regular meeting of the Council, at which time or thereafter the Council
may, subject to applicable law, suspend, discharge, reduce in rank
or reinstate with pay such policeman.
[Adopted 12-14-1993 as Ord. No. 1146,
approved 12-14-1993]
The Borough hereby directs the Civil Service
Commission to require that:
A.
All officers and employees of the Police Department
of Prospect Park must be citizens of the United States. It is not
necessary that applicants for employment reside within the boundaries
of Prospect Park. However, all applicants must agree, in writing,
to establish permanent residence within a five-mile radius of the
Prospect Park Police Station within six months after completing their
probationary period and gaining permanent status and must continue
to reside within a five-mile radius of the police station during their
tenure unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Borough.
B.
All officers and employees of the Department must
maintain their principal residence within a five-mile radius of the
Borough Police Station. All permanent full-time officers and employees
currently employed by the Borough shall be entitled to maintain their
current residence, but upon any relocation, their principal residence
shall be within a twenty-five-mile radius of the police station.
