A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough
of Eddystone. The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive of
the Police Department. He/she 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,
the following classifications are hereby established: Lieutenant,
Juvenile Aid Officer and patrolman, or those of such classifications
to which Council shall at any specific time have appointed one or
more police officers. The priority of authority among such subordinate
classifications shall be in the order listed. 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 policemen during emergencies.