[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Schuylkill 11-3-1965. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Police Department is hereby established in the Township of
Schuylkill, County of Chester, and State of Pennsylvania, in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
The office of Chief of Police is hereby established; the Chief
of Police shall be appointed by and under the direction of the Board
of Supervisors of the Township; he shall be the chief executive of
the Police Department; he shall be in charge of the police force and
have supervision over its members in the exercise of their powers,
duties and authority, and he shall perform such other duties as the
Board of Supervisors of the Township shall, from time to time, by
ordinance or resolution, direct; and he shall receive such salary
and remuneration as the Board of Supervisors of the Township shall,
from time to time, by ordinance or resolution, provide.
The classification of patrolman is hereby established, such
classification to be subordinate to the Office of Chief of Police;
and the Board of Supervisors of the Township may, from time to time,
establish such other and further classifications within the Police
Department, subordinate to the Office of Chief of Police; and the
persons to serve in the classification of patrolman, and in such other
and further classifications as the Board of Supervisors of the Township
shall establish, and the number and compensation thereof, shall be
as determined by the Board of Supervisors of the Township from time
to time, by ordinance or resolution.[1]
