The Police Department of the Borough of Tyrone, as heretofore
established, shall be for the purpose of keeping peace and order and
for the enforcement of law in the Borough of Tyrone.
Subject to the civil service provisions established before and
after the effective date of this Charter, Borough Council may appoint
and remove or promote or suspend or reduce in rank one or more suitable
persons, citizens of the United States of America, as Borough policemen.
The Department shall be under the jurisdiction and supervised
control of the Chief of Police, who is answerable to the Borough Manager.
The Borough Manager may, for cause and without pay, suspend any policeman
until the next succeeding regular meeting of the Council, at which
time and thereafter the Council may, subject to the civil service
provisions applicable to the police if they are in effect at that
time, suspend, discharge, reduce in rank or reinstate with pay such
policeman. In any case where the Council has reinstated a policeman
after having been suspended by the Borough Manager, the Borough Manager
shall not thereafter suspend any such policeman for reasons arising
from the same act for which the first suspension was made or for the
reasons that the Council, in reinstating such policeman, shall have
determined not to be grounds for suspension.
The full-time police as well as any special police, special school police, part-time police and auxiliary police shall only receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Borough Council. However, special police, special school police, part-time police and auxiliary police shall not come within the provisions of any civil service laws or regulations applicable to police and shall not be entitled to participate in any police pension plan or plans or other programs or plans affording benefits now in effect or hereafter effective, but shall be entitled to indemnification as provided in §
C-69.
Borough Council may appoint qualified part-time police and fix their compensation as set forth in §
C-74 above. While on duty, such part-time police shall be under and subject to the directions of the Borough Manager and superior officers.
The Mayor may appoint special police with full police powers
and jurisdiction for the duration of an emergency in which the safety
and welfare of the municipality or the public is endangered. They
shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and, while on duty, shall
be under and subject to the direction of the Mayor and their superior
officers.
Auxiliary police may be appointed as provided by general law.
While on duty, they shall be under and subject to the direction of
the Borough Manager and their superior officers.
Every position or employment in the Police Force as full-time
police, except that of Chief of Police or the equivalent, shall be
filled only in accordance with civil service provisions of existing
law, its amendments and supplements thereto.