[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of Sunbury 12-20-1973 by Ord. No. 896. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1-11-2016]
The police force of the City of Sunbury shall consist of 15 members, as hereinafter designated, or as many as may from time to time comprise such membership.
[Amended 9-9-1974 by Ord. No. 903; 4-14-1980 by Ord. No. 1007; 11-26-1984 by Ord. No. 1061; 9-14-1987 by Ord. No. 1086; 1-16-1989 by Ord. No. 1111; 3-24-2003; 2-13-2017; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The Council of the City of Sunbury shall have the authority to designate and fill such positions within the police force as it may deem advisable from time to time in the following ranks: Chief, Captain, Officer-In-Charge, Sergeant, Corporal, and the remaining members to be patrolmen after serving as probationary officers. Any position above Sergeant shall be considered to be a management employee outside of the bargaining unit.
The annual salaries for members of the police force shall be fixed from time to time by the Council, said salaries to be paid semimonthly and subject to the contribution therefrom of such percentage thereof to the Police Pension Fund as may now or hereafter be fixed by the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or ordinance of the City of Sunbury.
[Amended 7-12-1976 by Ord. No. 927; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Appointment to the police force of the City of Sunbury shall be made in accordance with the civil service provisions of the Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or ordinance of this City relating thereto, now in force or hereafter to be enacted. Each new appointee shall undergo a probationary period of at least one year.
[Amended 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 948]
The supervision of the police force shall be the function of the Department of Public Affairs, whose director, the Mayor, shall exercise constant supervision and control over the police force.
The Council of the City of Sunbury shall, from time to time as the occasion may warrant, prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for the organization and government of the police force.