[Amended 1-11-2016]
The police force of the City of Sunbury shall consist of 15
members, as hereinafter designated, or as many as may from time to
time comprise such membership.
[Amended 9-9-1974 by Ord. No. 903; 4-14-1980 by Ord. No.
1007; 11-26-1984 by Ord. No. 1061; 9-14-1987 by Ord. No. 1086; 1-16-1989 by Ord. No. 1111; 3-24-2003; 2-13-2017; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
The Council of the City of Sunbury shall have the authority
to designate and fill such positions within the police force as it
may deem advisable from time to time in the following ranks: Chief,
Captain, Officer-In-Charge, Sergeant, Corporal, and the remaining
members to be patrolmen after serving as probationary officers. Any
position above Sergeant shall be considered to be a management employee
outside of the bargaining unit.
The annual salaries for members of the police
force shall be fixed from time to time by the Council, said salaries
to be paid semimonthly and subject to the contribution therefrom of
such percentage thereof to the Police Pension Fund as may now or hereafter
be fixed by the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or ordinance
of the City of Sunbury.
[Amended 7-12-1976 by Ord. No. 927; at
time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Appointment to the police force of the City
of Sunbury shall be made in accordance with the civil service provisions
of the Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or
ordinance of this City relating thereto, now in force or hereafter
to be enacted. Each new appointee shall undergo a probationary period
of at least one year.
[Amended 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 948]
The supervision of the police force shall be
the function of the Department of Public Affairs, whose director,
the Mayor, shall exercise constant supervision and control over the
police force.
The Council of the City of Sunbury shall, from
time to time as the occasion may warrant, prescribe all necessary
rules and regulations for the organization and government of the police
force.