[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Jersey Shore 10-12-2009 by Ord. No. 10.12.2009.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police pension plan — See Ch. 51, Art. I.
Residency requirement — See Ch. 75.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 63, Police Department, adopted 1-18-1960 by Ord. No. 734 (Ch. 1, Part 10, of the 1996 Code).
The Borough of Jersey Shore is hereby authorized to join with Porter Township in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of July 12, 1972, No. 180, as amended (53 P.S. § 481 et seq.),[1] by entering into an agreement with Porter Township to provide for mutual police protection within the municipal limits of each municipality, which agreement shall be approved and adopted by resolution of the Borough of Jersey Shore with the same effect as if it had been set forth verbatim in this section and a copy of which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which said agreement is adopted.
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Editor's Note: The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1972 was repealed 12-19-1996 by P.L. 1158, No. 177. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
The new Police Department shall be known as the "Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department" and shall be organized as an unincorporated association. Said Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department shall have perpetual existence, unless terminated sooner in accordance with the terms of its charter or by an ordinance of the Borough of Jersey Shore.
A. 
The Borough Council of the Borough of Jersey Shore hereby expressly delegates to the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department those powers and duties of a police department established pursuant to the Borough Code, Act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L. 1656, No. 581), as amended, 53 P.S. § 46121 et seq.[1]
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Editor's Note: See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1121.
B. 
The Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department shall establish and operate a police department for the purpose of providing protection to persons and property within the corporate boundaries of Jersey Shore Borough and Porter Township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
C. 
The purpose and objectives of the agreement shall be to provide broader and more comprehensive police protection and law enforcement services on a more economical basis within the municipal limits of both municipalities by the consolidation of said separate Police Departments into a new joint Police Department to be known as the "Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department." The new consolidated Police Department shall provide police protective services throughout the municipal limits of both municipalities.
The total cost of operating and maintaining the consolidated Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department is to be financed by annual budget appropriations made by each participating municipality toward such total cost in the manner and subject to the conditions as set forth in the agreement.
The Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department is to be under the general supervision and control of a joint board to be known as the "Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Commission," which consists of two elected officials from each municipality and one appointed resident of either municipality. The one appointed resident from one of the municipalities shall be chosen by a majority vote of the other members of the joint board. The organizational structure of the consolidated Police Department shall be as provided in the agreement.
The agreement shall provide that all of the existing property and equipment of each Police Department shall be contributed or transferred to the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department. Thereafter, all new purchases of property or equipment are to be made and disposed of as provided in the agreement.
The Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Commission created pursuant to this chapter, shall be empowered to enter into contracts for the purchase of property, equipment, materials and supplies, shall be authorized to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including but not limited to social security, for its employees, subject to the budgetary restrictions and other provisions contained in the agreement, and shall have all other powers and authority as provided in the agreement and not otherwise denied to it or withheld by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Upon the effective date of the agreement authorized by this chapter or at such time as the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department becomes operative as set forth in the agreement, whichever shall occur later, the existing Jersey Shore Police Department shall be abolished. Prior to such time, and after such time as the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department is not operative due to expiration or termination of the agreement, a police department for the Borough of Jersey Shore is authorized, recognized, established and reestablished in accordance with the Pennsylvania Borough Code, to the extent possible with Ordinance No. 734, adopted January 18, 1960.
A. 
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 Department and have supervision over its members in the exercise of their power, duties, and authority.
B. 
Subordinate classifications.
(1) 
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department, the following classifications are hereby established: Sergeant, Detective, and patrolman.
(2) 
The priority of authority among such subordinate classifications shall be in the order listed above. The number of persons to serve in such subordinate classifications on a full-time or part-time basis and the compensation of each shall be determined by the Borough Council from time to time. The next highest ranking active police officer shall, in the absence of the Chief of Police, assume all duties of the Chief of Police.
C. 
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor to appoint special policemen.