[Amended 4-21-2025 by Ord. No. 04212025-01]
A line officer is defined as any person holding the office of Chief, Captain or Lieutenant in the Police Department of the Borough.
[Adopted 1-9-1978 (Ch. 240, Sec. 240.04, of the 1979 Codified Ordinances)]
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.