[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Boyertown 2-1-1988 by Ord. No.
1-88. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Pension Plan — See Ch. 33.
The existing Police Department is hereby recognized and reestablished
in and for the Borough of Boyertown. 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.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department
shall be the Sergeant. The Sergeant shall be the chief executive of
the Police Department during the absence of the Chief of Police. He
shall, under the direction of the Mayor, assume any duties and responsibilities
assigned to him/her.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department,
the following classifications are hereby established: patrolman, or
those of such classifications to which the Council shall, at any specific
time, have appointed one or more police officers. The number of persons
to serve in each of such subordinate classifications, on a full-time
and/or a part-time basis, and the compensation of each shall be as
determined by the Borough Council from time to time.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen during emergencies.
