A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough
of Slippery Rock.
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 has supervision over its members in the exercise
of their powers, duties and authority.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department
is the patrolman and such other classifications as the Council shall
at any specific time have appointed. The priority of authority among
such subordinate classifications shall be in the order fixed by resolution
of the Council. 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 resolution of the Borough Council
from time to time.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen during emergencies.