[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Munhall as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 18.
[Adopted 6-19-1980 by Ord. No. 1268]
There shall be established the rank of Assistant Chief of Police as a superior officer in the Munhall Borough Police Department.
[Amended 5-8-2002 by Ord. No. 1476]
The Munhall Borough Police Department shall consist of the following classifications of officers:
A. 
One Chief of Police.
B. 
One Assistant Chief of Police.
C. 
The number of Captains shall be determined, from time to time, by Borough Council in its sole discretion.
D. 
Sergeant: the number to be determined as authorized from time to time by Council.
E. 
Patrolmen: the number to be determined as authorized from time to time by Council.
The order of authority to be exercised by officers of the Munhall Police Department shall be in the order as set forth in § 54-2.
[Adopted 2-19-1997 by Ord. No. 1404]
This article shall be known as the "Mutual Police Protection Ordinance."
Munhall police officers are authorized to assist other municipalities in law enforcement activities, and police officers from other municipalities are authorized to assist Munhall police within the Borough under terms and circumstances described herein.
The other municipality must have enacted an ordinance or resolution similar in terms to this article and must have included and designated Munhall Borough as a community with which it agrees to provide mutual police assistance. Attached to this article is a list of such municipalities with which Munhall Borough has such an agreement.[1] Such list may be amended from time to time by simple resolution of the Borough Council by adding or deleting other municipalities.
[1]
Editor's Note: The list of municipalities participating in the mutual police protection agreement is on file in the Borough office.
In any municipality, the Chief of Police, officer in charge, Mayor or other official designated from time to time by the governing body of such municipality shall have the authority to take the necessary action to put into effect or approve the mutual assistance described herein.
A. 
Munhall police shall have authority to render assistance to such municipalities described in § 54-6 when an official described in § 54-7 of such municipality requests such assistance and only with approval of Munhall's official described in § 54-7. A Munhall official described in § 54-7 shall have authority to request police assistance from the municipalities described in § 54-6 when such circumstances exist in the exercise of reasonable discretion which indicate that such police assistance is prudent and in conformance with appropriate police procedures.
B. 
At all times every such police officer shall be deemed to be the employee of his home municipality and shall not be deemed to be the officer, agent, servant or employee of the receiving municipality for Workers' Compensation, Heart and Lung Act benefits or rights or for any other purposes.
This article shall not be deemed to enlarge or diminish the rights, privileges or immunities established in the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act.[1] Such police officers, while performing police duties in a receiving municipality, shall have authority to make arrests when it is appropriate and to use and exercise all police powers incident to the police action.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8953 et seq.