[Ord. No. 160, 11/14/1960]
A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough
of Elizabethville. The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive
of the Police Department. He shall, under the direction of the Mayor,
be in charge of the police force and have supervision over its members
in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority.
[Ord. No. 160, 11/14/1960]
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department,
the following classifications are hereby established: lieutenant,
sergeant, and patrolman, or those of such classifications to which
Council shall, at any specific time, have appointed one or more police
officers. The priority of authority among such subordinate classifications
shall be in the order above listed. The number of persons to serve
in each of such subordinate classifications, on a full-time and/or
a part-time basis, and the compensation of each shall be as determined
by the Borough Council from time to time.
[Ord. No. 160, 11/14/1960]
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen during emergencies.
