[Adopted 6-19-1980 by Ord. No. 1268]
There shall be established the rank of Assistant Chief of Police
as a superior officer in the Munhall Borough Police Department.
[Amended 5-8-2002 by Ord. No. 1476]
The Munhall Borough Police Department shall consist of the following
classifications of officers:
B. One Assistant Chief of Police.
C. The number of Captains shall be determined, from time to time, by
Borough Council in its sole discretion.
D. Sergeant: the number to be determined as authorized from time to
time by Council.
E. Patrolmen: the number to be determined as authorized from time to
time by Council.
The order of authority to be exercised by officers of the Munhall Police Department shall be in the order as set forth in §
54-2.
[Adopted 2-19-1997 by Ord. No. 1404]
This article shall be known as the "Mutual Police Protection
Ordinance."
Munhall police officers are authorized to assist other municipalities
in law enforcement activities, and police officers from other municipalities
are authorized to assist Munhall police within the Borough under terms
and circumstances described herein.
The other municipality must have enacted an ordinance or resolution
similar in terms to this article and must have included and designated
Munhall Borough as a community with which it agrees to provide mutual
police assistance. Attached to this article is a list of such municipalities
with which Munhall Borough has such an agreement. Such list may be amended from time to time by simple resolution
of the Borough Council by adding or deleting other municipalities.
In any municipality, the Chief of Police, officer in charge,
Mayor or other official designated from time to time by the governing
body of such municipality shall have the authority to take the necessary
action to put into effect or approve the mutual assistance described
herein.
This article shall not be deemed to enlarge or diminish the
rights, privileges or immunities established in the Municipal Police
Jurisdiction Act. Such police officers, while performing police duties in
a receiving municipality, shall have authority to make arrests when
it is appropriate and to use and exercise all police powers incident
to the police action.