[Adopted 7-12-1971 as Ch. 63, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
[Amended 2-12-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-3]
In the conduct or operation of supermarkets,
shopping centers, private parking areas, tournaments and other events
or public assemblages where there are assembled large numbers of persons,
the Superintendent of Police may, upon payment to the Township of
the sums hereinafter specified, supply the number of police he deems
necessary to properly supervise and police said activity, in order
to maintain public order, the safe and speedy conduct of traffic on
the highways and in, into and out of parking areas, and for the protection
of property and the supervision of attendance of the persons, customers
and patrons attending the said activity. For planned and unplanned
work resulting in partial or complete shutdown of a state highway,
the services and payments provided herein shall be required, unless
waived by the Chief of Police.
[Amended 6-12-1972 by Ord. No. 72-12; 1-10-1994 by Ord. No.
94-6]
There shall be paid to the Township of Marple
for the police services provided under the terms of this article a
sum based upon the prevailing overtime wage earned by each policeman,
plus a service charge of $3 per man for each assignment, which shall
be paid into the general fund. If the assignment is less than two
hours' duration, there shall be a charge for not less than two hours.
[Amended 6-12-1972 by Ord. No. 72-12]
The Superintendent of Police shall keep a record
of all police officers who desire to perform off-duty police services,
and so far as possible he shall make off-duty assignments to those
men in an equitable manner. For such assignments, police officers
shall be paid the prevailing overtime wage earned by each police officer
with a minimum payment of two hours per assignment. This compensation
shall be included as a part of police compensation for the purpose
of pensions, and during the time police officers are working in this
extra-duty capacity they shall be entitled to all the benefits to
which they are entitled as regular police officers.
At any time if there are not sufficient men
available to supply this police service from the list of policemen
who desire extra duty, the Superintendent of Police may, if available,
assign men during their regular assignment, in which event they shall
receive no additional compensation; or the Superintendent of Police
may employ temporarily for this extra service, as an emergency, regular
police of adjacent or adjoining municipalities.
The Superintendent of Police shall keep and
maintain a record of the assignments of police officers to extra service
as herein provided and certify the same to the Police Committee and
the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners at least once monthly;
and upon approval of the Police Committee, an order shall be issued
to pay said police officers the sums provided herein, less proper
deductions.
[Adopted 7-12-1971 as Ch. 63, Art. II, of the 1971 Code]
[Amended 7-14-1975 by Ord. No. 75-5]
The following charges shall be made to the public
and the following fees paid by the public to the Township of Marple
for copies of police reports, records and photographs:
A. All reports or records except accident reports shall
be $10 per copy.
[Amended 1-10-1994 by Ord. No. 94-4]
B. Official police photographs shall be $10 per copy.
C. Accident reports shall be $15.
[Amended 1-10-1994 by Ord. No. 94-4]
The Police Department of the Township of Marple
shall collect such fees upon issuance of such copies and shall transmit
such fees to the Township Manager, who shall record the receipts as
general fund receipts and shall make the transaction a part of the
township accounting system and shall deposit the moneys so received
in the general fund bank account, issuing such receipts as the Police
Department and other procedures may require.