[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Jersey Shore 10-12-2009 by Ord. No. 10.12.2009.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Borough of Jersey Shore is hereby authorized to join with
Porter Township in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act of July 12, 1972, No. 180, as amended (53 P.S. § 481
et seq.),[1] by entering into an agreement with Porter Township to
provide for mutual police protection within the municipal limits of
each municipality, which agreement shall be approved and adopted by
resolution of the Borough of Jersey Shore with the same effect as
if it had been set forth verbatim in this section and a copy of which
shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which said agreement
is adopted.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act
of 1972 was repealed 12-19-1996 by P.L. 1158, No. 177. See now 53
Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
The new Police Department shall be known as the "Tiadaghton
Valley Regional Police Department" and shall be organized as an unincorporated
association. Said Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department shall
have perpetual existence, unless terminated sooner in accordance with
the terms of its charter or by an ordinance of the Borough of Jersey
Shore.
A.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Jersey Shore hereby expressly
delegates to the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department those
powers and duties of a police department established pursuant to the
Borough Code, Act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L. 1656, No. 581), as
amended, 53 P.S. § 46121 et seq.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1121.
B.
The Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department shall establish
and operate a police department for the purpose of providing protection
to persons and property within the corporate boundaries of Jersey
Shore Borough and Porter Township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
C.
The purpose and objectives of the agreement shall be to provide broader
and more comprehensive police protection and law enforcement services
on a more economical basis within the municipal limits of both municipalities
by the consolidation of said separate Police Departments into a new
joint Police Department to be known as the "Tiadaghton Valley Regional
Police Department." The new consolidated Police Department shall provide
police protective services throughout the municipal limits of both
municipalities.
The total cost of operating and maintaining the consolidated
Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department is to be financed by
annual budget appropriations made by each participating municipality
toward such total cost in the manner and subject to the conditions
as set forth in the agreement.
The Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department is to be under
the general supervision and control of a joint board to be known as
the "Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Commission," which consists
of two elected officials from each municipality and one appointed
resident of either municipality. The one appointed resident from one
of the municipalities shall be chosen by a majority vote of the other
members of the joint board. The organizational structure of the consolidated
Police Department shall be as provided in the agreement.
The agreement shall provide that all of the existing property
and equipment of each Police Department shall be contributed or transferred
to the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department. Thereafter, all
new purchases of property or equipment are to be made and disposed
of as provided in the agreement.
The Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Commission created pursuant
to this chapter, shall be empowered to enter into contracts for the
purchase of property, equipment, materials and supplies, shall be
authorized to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance
and employee benefits, including but not limited to social security,
for its employees, subject to the budgetary restrictions and other
provisions contained in the agreement, and shall have all other powers
and authority as provided in the agreement and not otherwise denied
to it or withheld by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Upon the effective date of the agreement authorized by this
chapter or at such time as the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department
becomes operative as set forth in the agreement, whichever shall occur
later, the existing Jersey Shore Police Department shall be abolished.
Prior to such time, and after such time as the Tiadaghton Valley Regional
Police Department is not operative due to expiration or termination
of the agreement, a police department for the Borough of Jersey Shore
is authorized, recognized, established and reestablished in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Borough Code, to the extent possible with Ordinance
No. 734, adopted January 18, 1960.
A.
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
Department and have supervision over its members in the exercise of
their power, duties, and authority.
B.
Subordinate classifications.
(1)
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department, the
following classifications are hereby established: Sergeant, Detective,
and patrolman.
(2)
The priority of authority among such subordinate classifications
shall be in the order listed above. The number of persons to serve
in such subordinate classifications on a full-time or part-time basis
and the compensation of each shall be determined by the Borough Council
from time to time. The next highest ranking active police officer
shall, in the absence of the Chief of Police, assume all duties of
the Chief of Police.
C.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen.
