[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Perkasie as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Powers of Manager — See Ch. 25, Art. II.
Pensions and retirement — See Ch. 29.
[Adopted 12-16-1985 as Ch. 40 of the 1985 Code]
A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough of Perkasie.
A. 
The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive of the Police Department.
B. 
He shall, under the direction of the Mayor or of the Borough Manager, if and when such authority shall be delegated by the Mayor thereto, be in charge of the Police Department and have supervision over its members in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority.
The Police Department of the Borough as constituted at the time of enactment of this Article is hereby recognized as the Police Department hereby established, and nothing herein shall affect the tenure of any of the members thereof.
A. 
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department, the classifications of Sergeant and patrol officer are hereby established, with the priority of authority among such subordinate classifications to be in the order hereinabove listed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
The number of persons to serve in each of such subordinate classifications, on a full-time and/or part-time basis, and the compensation of each shall be as determined by the Borough Council from time to time.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor to appoint special police during emergencies.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Adopted 1-17-2000 by Ord. No. 828]
All police officers of Perkasie Borough, now in the employ of Perkasie Borough and hereafter changing the location of their abode, or hereafter to be employed by the Borough, are hereby required as a condition of their continued employment to have their place of abode within a fifteen-mile radius of Seventh and Market Streets within the Borough. The term "police officers" shall not include the Chief of Police.
Failure of any police officer to comply with the requirement set forth in § 40-6 shall be cause for his or her removal or discharge from Borough employment and the Borough Police Department.