[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of East Brandywine as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Emergency services reimbursement — See Ch. 150.
[Adopted 9-4-1996 by Res. No. 96-20]
Be it resolved, by the Board of Supervisors
of East Brandywine Township, that in addition to the powers provided
by the Second Class Township Code,[1] 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6324(3), and other statutes of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, police officers of this Township
shall, upon view, have the right to arrest without warrant upon probable
cause when there is ongoing conduct which could reasonably be expected
to endanger the health, safety and welfare of any person, including
the proposed arrestee, or could reasonably be expected to cause damage
to public or private property in the case of the following offenses:
disorderly conduct (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5503); public drunkenness
(18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5505); obstructing highways and other public
passages (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5507); and purchase, consumption,
possession or transportation of intoxicating beverages by a person
under the age of 21 (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6308).
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101
et seq.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any person
who shall have been arrested without a warrant as provided for hereinabove,
the police officer shall comply with the requirements of Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure 441.
