The Council shall by ordinance establish a Borough Police Department
for the purpose of keeping peace and order and for the enforcement
of law in the Borough.
The Police Department shall be under the jurisdiction and control
of the Mayor.
The Police Department shall preserve the public peace, prevent
and detect crime, police the streets and highways and enforce traffic
statutes, ordinances and regulations relating thereto. The Police
Department and its personnel shall at all times aid in the administration
and enforcement within the Borough of the laws of the United States
and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the ordinances of the
Borough.
Police officers shall have all the powers and protection conferred
by statute and ordinance upon members of the police force of the Borough
and upon constables of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. They shall
have the power to make lawful searches, seizures and arrests for violations
of any statutes or ordinances in effect in the Borough, to serve subpoenas
when ordered so to do by their superior officers and to do such other
acts as may be required of them by statute or ordinance.
Special police may be appointed by the Mayor with full police
powers and jurisdiction for the duration of an emergency in which
the safety and welfare of the Borough and the public is endangered.
Auxiliary police may be appointed by the Mayor with the approval
of Council and as provided by general law.
