[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Schuylkill 11-3-1965. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Police Department is hereby established in the Township of
Schuylkill, County of Chester, and State of Pennsylvania, in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 3-13-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
The office of Chief of Police is hereby reestablished; the Chief
of Police shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
and shall serve under the direction of the Township Manager. The Chief
of Police shall be the chief executive of the Police Department and
shall be in charge of the police force and have supervision over its
members in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority. The
Chief of Police shall also perform such other duties as the Board
of Supervisors of the Township shall, from time to time, by ordinance
or resolution, direct; and he or she shall receive such salary and
remuneration as the Board of Supervisors of the Township shall, from
time to time, by ordinance or resolution, provide.
The classification of patrolman is hereby established, such
classification to be subordinate to the office of Chief of Police;
and the Board of Supervisors of the Township may, from time to time,
establish such other and further classifications within the Police
Department, subordinate to the office of Chief of Police; and the
persons to serve in the classification of patrolman, and in such other
and further classifications as the Board of Supervisors of the Township
shall establish, and the number and compensation thereof, shall be
as determined by the Board of Supervisors of the Township from time
to time, by ordinance or resolution.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 4, Special police, which immediately
followed this section, was repealed 1-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-01.
