[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Bellefonte as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 12-24-1963 by Ord. No. 471 (Ch. 240, Secs. 240.01
to 240.03, of the 1979 Codified Ordinances)]
A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough.
The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive of the 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 9-11-1995 by Ord. No. 1103]
B.
The priority of authority among such subordinate classifications
shall be in the order above listed. The number of persons to serve
in each of such subordinate classifications on a full-time and/or
part-time basis, and the compensation of each, shall be as determined
by Council from time to time.
Nothing in this article shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen during emergencies.
[Adopted 1-9-1978 (Ch. 240, Sec. 240.04, of the 1979 Codified Ordinances)]
A line officer is defined as any person holding the office of
Chief, Captain, Lieutenant or Sergeant in the Police Department of
the Borough.
Subject to the following provisions of this article, no line
officer of the Department shall be included for collective bargaining
purposes in the negotiation of wages, hours or other proper subjects
of collective bargaining between the police of the Borough and Council,
as provided by law.
No line officer of the Department shall receive fewer or more
restrictive or lesser benefits than received and enjoyed by the other
policemen of the Borough who compose the collective bargaining unit
of the Department, except where such restrictions are fewer or lesser
benefits which are the result of prerogatives granted to police officers
on account of seniority, merit or other special circumstances. Such
special circumstances shall be spelled out in any agreement between
the Borough and the collective bargaining unit of the Department.
In the event of the resignation of any line officer from his
position, at the option of Council, upon recommendation of the Mayor,
and at the option of the resigning line officer, such line officer
may continue employment as a patrolman or other designated police
officer of the Borough.
This article shall not affect the seniority rights of any line
officer of the Department presently enjoyed by such line officer.
