[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Derry 2-11-1975 by Ord. No. 470 (Ch. I, Part 5, of the
1975 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Police Department is hereby established in
and for the Borough of Derry. The Chief of Police shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Police Department. He shall, under the direction
of the Mayor, be in charge of the police force and shall have supervision
over its members, in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police, in the Police
Department, shall be such other police officers and such classifications
of police officers as the Council shall from time to time appoint
and designate. The number of persons to serve in 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 shall affect the authority of
the Mayor to appoint special policemen during emergencies.
