[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Indiana 5-4-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A Police Department is hereby established in
and for the Borough of Indiana.
The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive of the Police
Department. He shall, under the direction of the Mayor, be in charge
of the police force and have supervision over its members in the exercise
of their powers, duties, and authority.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police, in the Police
Department, classifications of Lieutenant, Sergeant, Corporal and
patrolman, and other such classifications that are necessary in recognition
of operational needs, are hereby established or shall be established
to which Council shall at any specific time have appointed one or
more police officers. The number of each 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 policemen during emergencies.
