[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
The Police Department of Forest Hills Borough is hereby established.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
The Mayor of Forest Hills 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.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
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.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
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.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
1.
Appointment. Police officers shall be appointed by Borough Council,
subject to the civil service provisions of the Pennsylvania Borough
Code.
2.
Qualifications. Qualifications for all ranks and positions in the
Police Department shall be determined by the Chief of Police, Mayor
and Civil Service Commission and shall be stated in the Department's
Manual of Rules and Regulations.
3.
Compensation. Council shall fix the compensation for all police officers
and employees.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
1.
Borough Council, subject to civil service requirements, may suspend,
reduce in rank or discharge any member of the Police Department.
2.
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.
3.
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.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
The operation of the Police Department and the conduct of all
police officers and employees shall be in accordance with the current
"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.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
Upon an alarm of fire, the Chief of the Forest Hills 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 cancelled. It shall
be the duty of the police officer(s) of the Borough on duty to report
immediately 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 Chief's absence.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
The Mayor may, in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania
Borough Code, 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.
[Ord. 976, 1/16/2008]
Borough Council may appoint special school police who shall
have the duty of controlling and directing traffic at or near schools.
The appointment, duties, compensation of such officers shall be as
provided by the Pennsylvania Borough Code, 53 P.S. § 65101
et seq., as amended. Special school police shall be under the direction
and supervision of the Mayor and Chief of Police.
[Ord. 974, 11/21/2007, § 1]
The appropriate officials of the Borough are authorized and
directed to establish and maintain a pension plan for the police employees
of the Borough which shall comply with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the United States of America.
