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City of Scranton, PA
Lackawanna County
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[Adopted 9-26-1979 as Ch. 26 of the 1979 Code]
The Director of the Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to issue and promulgate a "Manual of the Bureau of Police Rules and Regulations," as more particularly set forth herein and which Manual is made a part hereof as though fully set forth at this point. This Manual, upon adoption, shall regulate the administration of the Bureau of Police; provided, however, that the Director of the Department of Public Safety is authorized, in his discretion, to vary the terms of the regulations herein contained should, in his judgment, the same be necessary; and further provided that notice of changes shall be made by posting the same on a bulletin board provided for all police.
[Amended by Ord. Nos. 19-1979; 18-1990]
A. 
Police officers shall be paid an amount of $25 at any court appearances required during the off-duty hours of said police officers.
B. 
This section shall be retroactive to December 1, 1977.
[Amended by Ord. No. 9-1980]
A. 
If, for any reasons of economy or lack of funds, it becomes necessary for the City to reduce the number of employees of its Bureau of Police, then the City shall follow the following procedure:
(1) 
If there are any employees in the Bureau of Police who have reached the age of 65 and are eligible for retirement under the terms of the Police Pension Fund[1] of the City, then such reduction in number shall be made by retirement on pension of all the oldest in age.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 99, Pensions, Part 2.
(2) 
If the number of employees in the Bureau of Police who have reached the age of 65 and are eligible for retirement under the terms of the police pension fund of the City is insufficient to effect the reduction in number desired by the City, then the reduction shall be effective by suspending the last person or persons, starting with probationers that have been appointed. Such removal shall be accomplished by suspending in numerical order, commencing with the last person appointed, all recent appointees until such reduction has been accomplished.
B. 
Whenever the number of employees in the Bureau of Police shall be again increased in number, or if any vacancies may occur, the employees suspended under the terms of this section shall be reinstated to their former class before any new appointees are appointed, in the reverse order of which they were suspended.