[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Vandergrift 5-6-1970 by Ord. No.
18-1970 (Ch. I, Part 5, of the 1970 Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Police Department now in existence in the Borough of Vandergrift
is hereby established and confirmed as the Police Department in and
for the said Borough. 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 have supervision over its members
in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department,
the classification patrolman is hereby established; or those of such
classifications to which the Council shall at any specific time have
appointed one or more police officers. The priority of authority among
such subordinate classifications shall be in the order hereinabove
listed. The number of persons to serve in each of such subordinate
classifications, on a full-time and/or part-time basis, and the compensation
of each, shall be as determined by the Borough Council from time to
time.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen during emergencies.
