[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Narberth as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 12-8-1952 by Ord. No. 421 (Ch. 27, Art. I, of the 1986 Code)]
[Amended 8-11-1975 by Ord. No. 658; 5-10-1982 by Ord. No. 719; 5-9-1983 by Ord. No. 732; 6-11-1984 by Ord. No. 739; 10-8-2001 by Ord. No. 881]
A police force be and the same is hereby established to consist
of not more than one Chief of Police, not more than one Lieutenant,
not more than one Sergeant of Police, not more than one Corporal of
Police and not more than seven regular and probationary patrolmen
to be appointed by the Council. The period of probation shall be one
year. In addition to or in lieu of regular and probationary patrolmen,
the Council may, at its discretion, appoint as many part-time and
auxiliary patrolmen as it deems necessary for the protection of the
Borough of Narberth.
[Amended 8-11-1975 by Ord. No. 658; 5-10-1982 by Ord. No. 719; 5-9-1983 by Ord. No. 732; 6-11-1984 by Ord. No. 739; 10-8-2001 by Ord. No. 881]
The said Chief of Police, Lieutenant of Police, Sergeant of
Police, Corporal of Police and patrolmen, including regular, probationary,
part-time and auxiliary, shall be under the direction of the Mayor
as to the time during which, the place where and the manner in which
they shall perform their duties.
[Amended 9-8-1986 by Ord.
No. 761]
The salaries of policemen shall be fixed in the same manner
as the compensation of other employees of the Borough is fixed.
[Adopted 6-12-1961 by Ord. No. 514 (Ch. 27, Art. II, of the 1986 Code)]
A reciprocal arrangement between the Police Department of the
Borough of Narberth and the Police Department of the Township of Lower
Merion is hereby approved and established, such arrangement to become
effective on June 16, 1961.
All regular police officers of the Township of Lower Merion
are hereby appointed police officers and members of the Police Department
of the Borough of Narberth. All such township police officers shall
take the oath of office before a Magisterial District Judge of the
Borough of Narberth and shall serve without any compensation in addition
to that received from the township.
[Amended 4-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1032]
In the event that a police officer of the Borough of Narberth
shall make an investigation in the Township of Lower Merion, information
acquired by them in the course of such investigation shall be turned
over to the officer of the Township of Lower Merion on duty at the
time the investigation is being conducted or as soon thereafter as
may be practical. Arrests made in the township shall, whenever possible,
be made by a regular police officer of the township and not by a Borough
officer, except when a township officer is not present and a violation
is committed in the presence of an officer of the Borough.
In the event that officers of the Borough of Narberth and of
the Township of Lower Merion are engaged in the same police activity
within the Borough of Narberth at the same time, the ranking police
officer of the Borough of Narberth shall be in charge, regardless
of the rank of the Lower Merion Township police officer or officers,
and the Mayor of Narberth shall at all times have the power and authority
to direct the activities of the police officers of the Borough of
Narberth.
All prosecutions shall be brought before a Magisterial District
Judge of the Borough or the township, as the case may be, wherein
the violation of law was committed.
All regular police officers of the Borough of Narberth are hereby
authorized to accept appointments as police officers of the Township
of Lower Merion.
