[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Milford 6-18-1979 by Ord. No. 214 (Ch. 22 of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created a Police Department in and for the Borough
of Milford, to be named and known as the "Police Department of the
Borough of Milford." Such Police Department shall be deemed a continuation
of the existing police force and all officers thereof holding position
at the time of enactment of this chapter shall continue to hold such
position in the Police Department as reconstituted by this chapter.
The Police Department shall consist of a Chief of Police and
such other officers as the Borough Council may from time to time appoint.
A.Â
The Mayor of the Borough of Milford shall have full charge and control
of the Police Department and every classification of its membership.
He shall direct the time during which, the place where and the manner
in which the membership of the Police Department, including every
classification thereof, shall perform its duties; provided, however,
that no part-time member of the Police Department shall be subject
to perform duties as a policeman during the hours of the regular employment
or occupation by which he principally earns his livelihood.
B.Â
The Police Chief shall be the chief executive officer of the Police
Department and shall have complete responsibility over all personnel
and functions or operations of the Department. The Chief shall have
full authority to enforce all regulations, rules, procedural instructions
and general and specific directives regarding the Police Department.
He shall have control of the assignments and transfers of all officers,
supervisors and employees in the Department under such rules and regulations
as approved by the Borough Council.
A.Â
Members of the Police Department classified as part-time officers
shall devote such hours each week to their duties as policemen as
are fixed by the Mayor, and they shall be on call at all hours except
during the hours of the regular employment or occupation by which
they principally earn their livelihood.
B.Â
Part-time officers shall receive such compensation for their services
as the Borough Council may by ordinance from time to time fix and
ordain.
C.Â
Part-time officers while on duty shall have all the powers and be
subject to all the duties conferred and imposed upon Borough police
by law.
Any member of the Police Department residing in the Borough
may at the same time hold and exercise the office of Constable in
the Borough or in any ward thereof. He may demand and receive all
costs, fees and emoluments pertaining to such office for services
rendered as such Constable while he is not on duty as a Borough policeman.
Every member of the Police Department shall when on duty wear
a shield or badge, visibly displayed, inscribed with the word "police"
and the name of the Borough.
A.Â
The members of the Police Department shall receive such salaries
as may be established from time to time by the Borough Council. Said
salaries shall be payable in monthly installments or as otherwise
determined by Borough Council.
B.Â
The compensation of the membership of the Police Department shall
be paid from duly appropriated funds of the Borough treasury by the
Borough Treasurer upon approval of the Borough Council.
A.Â
The following list of penalties shall be a guide for the Police Department,
Borough Council and Civil Service Commission in the interests of uniformity
and fairness. All penalties recommended by the Law and Legislation
Committee for offenses listed shall be within the prescribed limits.
B.Â
Offenses not included in the following list shall result in penalties
similar to those specified for listed offenses of comparable seriousness.
C.Â
The "probation period," as used in this section, is that period of
time during which an employee is expected to have a record free of
the same type of offense he was found guilty of previously. All probation
periods shall be computed from the date on which the first offense
was committed. Second, third and subsequent violations of the same
type during the probation period shall be treated as second, third
and subsequent offenses. The same type of offense committed after
the probation period expires counts as a first offense.
D.Â
Repeated violations of Department rules and regulations or any other
course of conduct indicating a member has little or no regard for
the obligations of members of the Police Department shall be cause
for dismissal. This shall apply regardless of the severity of the
offenses, regardless of any probation period and regardless of whether
these violations are of the same type.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
E.Â
Table of Penalties. A Table of Penalties applicable to members of
the Police Department of the Borough of Milford is on file in the
Borough offices.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
