[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.