[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lemoyne 11-4-1993 by Ord. No. 605. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Borough of Lemoyne is hereby authorized to join with the
Borough of Wormleysburg, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act of July 12, 1972, No. 180, as amended (53 P.S. § 481
et seq.),[1] by entering into an agreement with Wormleysburg Borough
to provide for mutual police protection within the municipal limits
of each municipality, which agreement shall be approved and adopted
by resolution of the Borough Council of the Borough of Lemoyne with
the same effect as if it had been set forth verbatim in this section
and a copy of which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting
at which said agreement is adopted.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
The new police department shall be known as the "West Shore
Regional Police Department" and shall be organized as an unincorporated
association. Said West Shore Regional Police Department shall have
a perpetual existence, unless terminated sooner in accordance with
the terms of its charter or by an ordinance of the Borough Council
of the Borough of Lemoyne.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Lemoyne hereby expressly
delegates to the West Shore Regional Police Department those powers
and duties of a police department established pursuant to the Borough
Code, Act of February 1, 1966 (P.L. 1656, No. 581) as amended, 53
P.S. § 46121 et seq.[1] The West Shore Regional Police Department shall establish
and operate a police department for the purpose of providing protection
to persons and property within the corporate boundaries of Lemoyne
Borough and Wormleysburg Borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
The purpose and objectives of the agreement shall be to provide broader
and more comprehensive police protection and law enforcement services
on a more economical basis within the municipal limits of both boroughs
by the consolidation of said separate police departments into a new
joint police department to be known as the "West Shore Regional Police
Department," which new consolidated police department shall provide
police protection services throughout the municipal limits of both
boroughs.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1121 et seq.
The total cost of operating and maintaining the consolidated
West Shore Regional Police Department is to be financed by annual
budget appropriations made by each participating Borough toward such
total cost in the manner and subject to the conditions as set forth
in the agreement.
The West Shore Regional Police Department is to be under the
general supervision and control of a joint board to be known as the "West
Shore Regional Police Department Commission," consisting of the Mayor
of each Borough, one elected Council member from each Borough, and
one nonelected resident of either Borough. The one nonelected resident
from one of the boroughs shall be chosen by a majority vote of the
other members of the joint board. The organizational structure of
the consolidated police department shall be as provided in the agreement.
The agreement shall provide that all of the existing property
and equipment of each police department shall be contributed or transferred
to the West Shore Regional Police Department. Thereafter, all new
purchases of property or equipment are to be made and disposed of
as provided in said agreement.
The West Shore Regional Police Department Commission created
pursuant to this chapter shall be empowered to enter into contracts
for the purchase of property, equipment, materials and supplies, and
shall be authorized to enter into contracts for policies of group
insurance and employee benefits, including social security, for its
employees, subject to the budgetary restrictions and other provisions
contained in said agreement, and shall have all other powers and authority
as provided in said agreement and not otherwise denied to it or withheld
by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Upon the effective date of the agreement authorized by this
chapter, or at such time as the West Shore Regional Police Department
becomes operative as set forth in said agreement, whichever shall
occur later, the existing Lemoyne Police Department shall be abolished.
Prior to such time, and after such time that the West Shore Regional
Police Department is not operative due to expiration or termination
of the agreement, a police department for the Borough of Lemoyne is
authorized, recognized, established and reestablished as follows:
A.
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.
B.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department, the
following classifications are hereby established: Assistant Chief
of Police, Sergeant, Corporal, and Patrolman. The priority of authority
among such subordinate classifications shall be in the order above
listed. The number of persons to serve in each of such subordinate
classifications, on a full-time or part-time basis, and the compensation
of each, shall be determined by the Borough Council from time to time.
The next-highest-ranking active police officer shall, in the absence
of the Chief of Police, assume all duties of the Chief of Police.
C.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority of the Mayor
to appoint special policemen.
