[Adopted 10-14-1974 as Ch. 26, Art. II, of the 1974 Code
(Ch. 59, Art. II, of the 1999 Code)]
Where, in the opinion of the Chief of Police
of the Borough of Homestead, the conduct of an event or public assemblage
can be expected to require an extraordinary use of police protection,
or where the owner, operator, person or organization which conducts
such an event or public assemblage requests the Borough of Homestead
to provide extraordinary police protection, the Chief of Police shall
hereby be authorized to assign to duty the number of police he deems
necessary to properly provide for the maintenance of public order
and safety at such an event or public assemblage.
Where, in the opinion of the Chief of Police
of the Borough of Homestead, the need for extraordinary police protection
is attributable to a particular event or public assemblage, the owner,
operator, person or organization which conducts such an event or public
assemblage is hereby required to reimburse the Borough of Homestead
for the expense of such extraordinary police protection.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see AO)]
The expense of such extraordinary police protection
shall be calculated by the Chief of Police at such hourly rate per
officer as shall be established from time to time by the Borough Council.
The Chief of Police shall estimate the number
of police officers and the length of time required to provide the
extraordinary police protection. In all such cases the owner, operator,
person or organization which conducts such an event or public assemblage
shall pay to the Borough of Homestead the sum estimated by the Chief
of Police in advance and prior to the time the police service is required.
In the event that the owner, operator, person or organization conducting
such an event or public assemblage shall fail or refuse to pay the
estimated cost as calculated by the Chief of Police, the Borough of
Homestead shall have the right to recover said sum in an action of
assumpsit or to file a lien in the office of the Prothonotary of Allegheny
County as provided in other cases for recovery of expense for municipal
services.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see AO)]
The Chief of Police shall keep an accurate record
of all regular police officers who desire to participate in this police
service in addition to their regular duty, and so far as possible
he shall assign this police service as extra work to those men who
desire the additional service, in an equitable manner, for which extra
service they shall receive a fixed or stipulated compensation, in
addition to regular salary at the rate established from time to time
by the Borough Council. The Borough shall make proper deduction for
social security, federal withholding tax and such others as may apply
to the officer's fixed and stipulated salary, but such compensation
shall not be included for police pension purposes.
No police officer shall be assigned to any duty
under this article which shall not be of a kind or nature pertaining
to his lawful office or duties as a police officer. In an emergency
the Chief of Police may employ temporarily the police of adjoining
or adjacent municipalities.
In the event that it shall become necessary
for the Chief of Police to assign on-duty police to perform such extraordinary
duty, such officer shall receive no additional compensation, and therefore
no expense for such service shall be charged to the owner, operator,
person or organization conducting such event or public assemblage.
Where extraordinary police protection is not
attributable to a particular owner, operator, person or organization,
the Borough shall have no right to reimbursement but, nevertheless,
off-duty police officers assigned shall be compensated as provided
herein.
