[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Tamaqua 4-13-1971 by Ord. No. 304(16) (Ch. I, Part 5, of the 1971 Code of Ordinances). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough
of Tamaqua. 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 Department and have supervision over its members,
in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority. The existing
police force of the Borough is hereby established and confirmed as
the Police Department established by this chapter.
[Amended 11-18-1975 by Ord. No. 351]
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department
the following classifications are hereby established: Corporal and
Patrolman. The priority of authority among such subordinate classifications
shall be in the order above listed. The number of persons to serve
as patrolmen, on a full-time and/or part-time basis, and the compensations
of each, shall be as determined by the Borough Council from time to
time. The number of persons to serve as Corporals shall be three.
Nothing herein shall affect the authority of the Mayor to appoint
special policemen during emergencies.
