[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Danville as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-21-1960 by Ord. No. 156 (Ch.
25, Art. I, of the 1975 Code)]
The existing Police Department is hereby recognized
and reestablished in and for the Borough of Danville. 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.
[Amended 12-12-2000 by Ord. No. 417[1]]
Subordinate to the Chief of Police Department,
the following classifications are hereby established: Sergeant, Corporal,
and Patrolmen. The priority of authority among such subordinate classifications
shall be in the order listed above. The number of persons to serve
in each of subordinate classifications, on a full-time or a part-time
basis, and the compensation of each, shall be as determined by the
Borough Council from time to time.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 25, Police Department, Art. II, Subsistence Allowance,
adopted 6-25-1958 by Ord. No. 131.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority
of the Mayor to appoint special policemen.
