This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Pine
Grove Police Department Ordinance."
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The intent of this chapter is to exercise the authority to establish
a police department and a police board, and also the authority and
requirements to establish a police civil service commission as granted
and prescribed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Act of April 18, 2014, P.L. 432, No. 37, as amended (the Borough Code,
8 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.), including specifically provisions
of § 1005(1) and § 1104 (8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1005
and § § 1104), §§ 1121 through 1127
(8 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 1121 through 1127), § 1171 through
§ 1195 (8 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 1170 through 1194), and
§§ 1202(35) and (74) [8 Pa.C.S.A. §1202(35) and
(74)], and also § 1 through § 7 of Act of January
14, 1952, P.L. (1951) 2016, as amended (53 P.S. §§ 731
through 736), in an effort to provide for the appointment of policemen
and for their supervisors and proper management within the Borough
and to provide for the maintenance of peace, safety and welfare of
the Borough.
This chapter shall apply uniformly within the Borough of Pine
Grove to all persons, including Borough officers, officials, and employees
in their official capacity, and including specifically all policemen
as herein defined; except, it shall not apply to a person employed
by the Educational Service Agency within the Borough or to that Agency
when action is under and within the scope of Ordinance No. 250, enacted
January 8, 1981 (Pine Grove Educational Service Agency Ordinance).
The provision of Ordinance No. 240, enacted July 5, 1979 (Pine
Grove Police Pension Ordinance), Ordinance No. 250, enacted January
8, 1981 (Pine Grove Educational Service Agency Ordinance) and all applicable provisions of the Borough Code or any
other Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including any amendments
thereto shall apply within the Borough of Pine Grove; except, the
specific provision of this chapter shall be read to expand and clarify
those provisions, as appropriate. All provisions herein are to be
construed as consistent with the provision of the aforementioned ordinances
and laws and as applicable as expanding, clarifying, and augmenting
such provisions.