City of Pottsville, PA
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2023-12-11
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The Code
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 9 Boards, Bureaus and Commissions
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Article I Bureau of Police
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Accounts and Finance, Department of
- Ch 5 Assessments
- Ch 9 Boards, Bureaus and Commissions
- Ch 9 Art I Bureau of Police
- § 9-1 Mayor to supervise.
- § 9-2 Composition.
- § 9-3 All members termed "policemen."
- § 9-4 Paid holidays and uniform allowances.
- § 9-5 Residency requirements.
- Ch 10 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 23 Health, Board of
- Ch 25 Hiring Practices
- Ch 27 Hospital Authority
- Ch 34 Library
- Ch 41 Officers and Employees
- Ch 44 Parks and Public Property, Department of
- Ch 46 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 52 Public Affairs, Department of
- Ch 54 Public Safety
- Ch 61 Streets and Public Improvements, Department of
- Ch 70 Wards
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 82 Alarm Systems
- Ch 84 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 87 Animals
- Ch 89 Attorney Fees
- Ch 92 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 98 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 101 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 104 Curfew
- Ch 106 Donation Bins
- Ch 112 Electrical Standards
- Ch 116 Fair Housing
- Ch 119 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 121 Fire Prevention
- Ch 124 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 126 Food-Handling and Drinking Establishments
- Ch 131 Handbills
- Ch 133 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 137 Insurance
- Ch 144 Massage Parlors
- Ch 147 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 151 Noise
- Ch 155 Nuisance Properties
- Ch 158 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 164 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 167 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 169 Property, City
- Ch 170 Property Maintenance
- Ch 171 Property, Quality of Life Maintenance of
- Ch 172 Property, Sale of
- Ch 175 Property, Vacant
- Ch 176 Rental Property
- Ch 180 Sewers
- Ch 183 Shade Trees
- Ch 187 Solid and Fossil Fuel-Burning Equipment
- Ch 189 Solid Waste
- Ch 191 Space Heaters
- Ch 193 Stormwater Management
- Ch 194 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 197 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 201 Taxation
- Ch 204 Tobacco
- Ch 206 Utility Poles
- Ch 210 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 214 Water
- Ch 220 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A226 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A227 Intergovernmental Agreements
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-21-1966 by Ord. No. 72-66
as Art. 131 of the 1966 Code]
The direction, supervision and control of the
Bureau of Police shall be vested in the Mayor.
[Amended 1-5-1970 by Ord. No. 134-69; 4-11-1972 by Ord. No. 175-72; 5-25-1972 by Ord. No. 178-72; 11-13-1973 by Ord. No. 189-73; 12-24-1994 by Ord. No. 526; 10-11-1999 by Ord. No. 619]
The Bureau of Police shall consist of a Chief
of Police, two Captains and not more than 30 patrolmen, not more than
four of whom may be designated as Sergeants, not more than three of
whom may be designated as Corporals and not more than four of whom
may be designated as patrolmen detectives. Those patrolmen designated
as Sergeants and Corporals shall have achieved those respective ranks
in accordance with competitive testing procedures adopted and administered
by the Civil Service Board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 131.03, Substitute
policemen, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-24-1994
by Ord. No. 526.
[Amended 12-24-1994 by Ord. No.
526]
All members of the Bureau of Police, whether
Chief of Police, Captains, Sergeants or patrolmen, shall be termed
"policemen" and shall perform such duties and comply with such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Mayor.
[Amended 12-24-1994 by Ord. No.
526]
Paid holidays and uniform allowances shall be
in accordance with the current collective bargaining agreement.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 131.06, which
immediately followed this section, regarding uniform allowances, was
consolidated with this section during codification.
[Added 9-11-1984 by Ord. No. 336; amended 9-20-1987 by Ord. No. 376; 10-11-1999 by Ord. No.
619]
Residency requirements shall be in accordance
with the current collective bargaining agreement.
