[Ord. 416, 4/22/1991]
The creation of a Police Department in and for the Borough of
East Lansdowne and the appointment of policemen by the Borough Council
subject to any applicable civil service provisions in the law, is
hereby approved.
[Ord. 416, 4/22/1991]
The Police Department shall be composed of a Chief of Police
and any other officers and patrolmen as have been or may be appointed
by the Borough Council from time to time, subject to applicable civil
service provisions in the law.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 1]
The Borough hereby authorizes and directs the President of Council
and the Borough Secretary to enter into a Mutual Aid Agreement with
adjacent municipalities wherein the Borough and each municipality
signatory to the Agreement shall authorize the police of every party
to the Agreement to answer calls, to provide police protection and
services, and to make arrests in each municipality, when requested,
in the same manner and to the same extent as such police will perform
services in their own municipality.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 2]
The primary duty of the Borough of East Lansdowne is to provide
adequate police protection within its own geographical boundaries,
and compliance with requests for police assistance by any other signatory
to the Agreement shall be voluntary and not compulsory for the Borough
of East Lansdowne.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 3]
The extent of any police aid to be furnished by the Borough
for any other municipality shall be determined solely by the Borough,
and the aid furnished may be recalled at the discretion of the Borough
at any time.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 4]
All Borough police personnel who are furnished equipment to
aid other municipalities shall work as far as possible under their
own supervisors and Chief of Police, and the equipment furnished shall,
to the extent possible, be operated solely by the personnel of the
Borough of East Lansdowne at all times.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 6]
The Borough shall not be required to pay any charge or compensation
to any other parties to the Agreement for services rendered hereunder.
Any services performed or expenditures made in connection with the
furnishing of mutual aid under any agreement by the Borough shall
be deemed to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants
and property of the Borough of East Lansdowne.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 6]
Any police officer of the Borough furnishing aid to any other
municipality shall at all times remain the employee of the Borough;
and the Borough, at all times, shall be responsible for such officer's
wages, workmen's compensation insurance and all other benefits to
which said police officer may be entitled, and shall be responsible
for all other duties and responsibilities pertaining to his employment.
[Ord. 343, 4/14/1980, § 7]
The Borough shall have the right to withdraw from the Mutual
Aid Agreement upon 10 days' written notice to each of the other signatories
to the agreement.
