[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Eddystone during codification 2-17-1975 by Ord. No. 431. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Pension Fund — See Ch. 29, Art. I.
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 46.
A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough of Eddystone. The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive of the Police Department. He/she 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.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department, the following classifications are hereby established: Lieutenant, Juvenile Aid Officer 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 listed. The number of persons to serve in each of such subordinate classifications, on a full-time and/or part-time basis, and the compensation of each, shall be as determined by the Borough Council from time to time.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor to appoint special policemen during emergencies.