[Adopted as Article 135 of the 1962 Codified Ordinances]
[Amended 1-20-1970 by Ord. No. 11787; 9-21-1988 by Ord. No. 12868; 5-21-1992 by Ord. No. 13128]
The Department of Police shall be headed by the Chief of Police, who shall be responsible for all police-related activities and communications service.
[Amended 9-21-1988 by Ord. No. 12868]
A. 
The position of Special Police Officer in the Department of Police is hereby established.
B. 
The position of Park Guard in the former Department of Parks and Public Property is abolished and in lieu thereof there shall be the position of Special Police Officer.
C. 
Appointments and removals of Special Police Officers shall be in accordance with this Administrative Code.
D. 
Persons appointed as Special Police Officers shall have all the duties previously exercised by Park Guards and in addition thereto, such duties as may be prescribed by the Chief of Police.
E. 
Special Police Officers shall at all times be under the supervision and control of the Chief of Police.
F. 
Special Police Officers shall have the same power and authority in preserving the peace, maintaining order and making arrests as policemen of the City possess.
[Amended 6-4-1992 by Ord. No. 13133]
No member of the Police Department shall accept outside employment requiring the officer to perform any of the duties or exercise the powers of a sworn police officer or to wear a City of Allentown police uniform or identification or to use any weapon or equipment issued by the City unless such outside employment is coordinated and contracted through the Allentown Police Department and the City of Allentown. The employment must be approved by the Police Chief or the Police Chief's designee and subject to the rules and regulations embodied in the Allentown Police Department Manual. The payment for such services, a fee that is inclusive of (at minimum) salary, insurance and administrative costs as established in the Administrative Information Manual (AIM), shall be made to the City of Allentown Department of Finance.
[Amended 9-20-1995 by Ord. No. 13354]
One year from the effective date of this section, all police personnel, both present and future, shall be issued/equipped with semiautomatic weapons. Weapons shall be considered property of the City and shall be returned to the City at the end of the officer's tour of duty.
[Amended 2-22-1996 by Ord. No. 13379]
Shall vacancies occur in any supervisory position, in the Police Department, the Administration is authorized to exceed the budgeted positions for patrol officers to keep the Police Department at its full complement, provided that, upon filling the vacant supervisory position, such additional patrol officer position be annulled.