[Ord. 9/15/1953A, § 1; as amended by Ord. 1017,
5/19/1964; and by Ord. 1160, 5/8/1967, § 1]
A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough
of Pottstown. The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive of
the Police Department. Under the direction of the Mayor, the Chief
of Police shall be in charge of the police force and shall have supervision
over its members and shall prescribe rules and regulations for the
exercise of their powers, duties and authority. Provided, nothing
herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor to appoint
special policemen during emergencies. Nor shall any rights and/or
privileges now enjoyed by the present members of the Police Department
of the Borough be affected in any manner by the provisions contained
in this Part.
[Ord. 9/15/1953A, § 2; as amended by Ord. 1017,
5/19/1964, § 2; and by Ord. 1160, 5/8/1967, § 2]
Subordinate to the Chief of Police the following grades are
hereby established in the Police Department: Captain, Sergeant, Patrolman,
Probationary Patrolman. The number of persons to serve in each of
the said grades, on a full-time or part-time basis, and the compensation
of the Chief of Police and each of the other members of the Police
Department shall be determined by the Borough Council from time to
time.
[Ord. 9/15/1953A, § 3; as amended by Ord. 1160,
5/8/1967, § 3]
All original appointments to the police force shall be for a
probationary period of 12 months. If at any time during the probationary
period and before its close the conduct or fitness of the probationer
has not been satisfactory to the Mayor, Chief of Police, and chairman
of the Police Committee, the Police Committee and the Borough Council
shall be notified in writing and the decision of the Council shall
be given to the probationer in writing. If his work is satisfactory,
his retention shall constitute a permanent appointment.
[Ord. 9/15/1953A, § 4]
Each patrolman shall attend Police Officers School, at the discretion
of the Police Committee, before the completion of the first year of
service. He shall also take at least one additional course before
the completion of five years of service, and as often thereafter as
deemed advisable by the Police Committee.
[Ord. 9/15/1953A, § 7; as amended by Res. 4/10/1967E]
The position of police officers shall be considered as a full-time
position and no officer shall accept any other job while a member
of the force without prior approval of the Mayor and Chief of Police,
who shall establish rules regulating such employment for the purpose
of preserving and protecting the efficiency and integrity of the Police
Department in the exercise of its powers, duties and authority.
[Ord. 11/12/1952E, § 1; as amended by Ord. 1160,
5/8/1967, § 10]
The proper Borough authorities are hereby authorized and directed
to employ and appoint special school police at salaries and in such
numbers as from time to time may be determined by motion of Borough
Council, to be specially assigned the sole duty of traffic control
at designated street intersections generally used by school children,
and as officers for the enforcement of traffic control to occupy or
be present at such posts four times daily during the periods immediately
preceding and following the convening and dismissal of the Borough's
public schools.
[Ord. 11/12/1952E, § 2; as amended by Ord. 1160,
5/8/1967, § 11]
Said special school police are hereby vested with the powers
and authority of police officers necessary for the enforcement and
control of all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the vehicular
and pedestrian traffic in connection with the performance of their
assigned duties at designated intersections, and shall have no other
general police powers.
[Ord. 11/12/1952E, § 3; as amended by Ord. 1160,
5/8/1967, § 12]
The duties of said special school police being limited to one
specifically designated function, performed on a part-time basis,
said special school police are hereby declared not to be general members
of the police force, and shall not be subject to the provisions of
the Pennsylvania Police Civil Service Act, nor eligible to participate
in or become members of the Police Pension Fund.
