[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Crafton 2-25-2004
by Ord. No. 1558. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Police Department of Crafton Borough is hereby established.
The Mayor of Crafton shall be the official head of the Police Department.
The Chief of Police shall supervise the day-to-day activities of the Police
Department and all police officers and Department employees, subject to the
direction of the Mayor. The Chief shall exercise all the powers and authorities
granted by the laws of the commonwealth and the ordinances of the Borough.
A.
Appointment. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by
the Borough Council and shall serve unless suspended or removed by Council.
Before appointing, suspending or removing the Chief, Council shall seek the
recommendations of the Mayor.
B.
Qualifications. Any person appointed to the office of
Chief of Police shall reside within a five-mile air radius of the Crafton
Borough boundary lines within one year of the date of appointment.
The Police Department shall consist of the number of sworn police officers
and employees, who are not sworn police officers, as may be authorized by
Council from time to time. Council may establish a personnel classification
system for officers and employees, but all personnel shall be subordinate
to the Chief of Police. Council shall fix the total weekly hours of employment
that shall apply to police officers and employees.
B.
Qualifications. Qualifications for all ranks and positions
in the Department shall be determined
by the Chief of Police and Mayor and shall be stated in the Department’s
Manual of Rules and Procedures. All Borough police officers shall reside within
a five-mile air radius of the Crafton Borough boundary lines within six months
of the date of their successful completion of the requisite probationary period.
C.
Compensation. Council shall fix the compensation for
all police officers and employees.
A.
Borough Council, subject to civil service requirements,
may suspend, reduce in rank or discharge any member of the Police Department.
B.
In addition to Council’s powers, the Mayor may,
for cause and without pay, suspend a police officer until the next regular
meeting of Borough Council. At that time Council may, subject to civil service
requirements, suspend, discharge, reduce in rank or reinstate with pay the
police officer.
C.
Any police officer suspended by the Mayor may not be
reinstated by Council at a date earlier than 10 working days from the date
fixed by the Mayor for the suspension to commence. In any case where the Council
has reinstated a police officer, after having been suspended by the Mayor,
the Mayor shall not thereafter suspend such police officer for reasons arising
from the same act for which the first suspension was made, or for reasons
that the Council, in reinstating such police officer, shall have determined
not to be grounds for suspension.
The operation of the Police Department and the conduct of all police
officers and employees shall be in accordance with the Police Department Manual
of Rules and Procedures. The Chief of Police shall be responsible for promulgating,
revising, modifying and maintaining the Police Department Manual of Rules
and Procedures, subject to approval by the Borough Council.
Upon an alarm of fire, the Chief of the Crafton Fire Department shall
become the supreme police officer of the Borough for the subject scene of
a fire and/or alarm, and shall continue in such capacity until the fire is
extinguished and/or the alarm is canceled. It shall be the duty of the police
officer(s) of the Borough on duty to immediately report, by radio or in person,
to the Fire Chief or other officer or member of the Fire Department in charge
at the scene of a fire and/or alarm and to act under his/her direction. The
said police officers shall not absent themselves temporarily or permanently
from the scene of a fire and/or alarm without permission from the Fire Chief
or other officer or member of the Fire Department acting in the Fire Chief’s
absence.
The Mayor may, in accordance with the provisions of the Borough Code,[1] appoint special police who shall serve temporarily during an emergency
in which the safety and welfare of the Borough and public are endangered.
Compensation for special police officers shall be determined by Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 45101 et seq., as amended.
Borough Council may appoint special school police who shall have the
duty of controlling and directing traffic at or near schools. The appointment,
duties and compensation of such officers shall be as provided by the Borough
Code.[1] Special school police shall be under the direction
and supervision of the Mayor and Chief of Police.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 45101 et seq., as amended.
