[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Patton 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 133 (Ch. 37 of the 1996 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
In accordance with Section 590 of the Second
Class Township Code[1] the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Patton reaffirm
the establishment of a Department to be known as the "Police Department."
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66901
et seq.
The Police Department shall be composed of a
Chief of Police, and such officers and patrolmen, to be appointed
by the Supervisors of the Township of Patton. Any such appointment
shall remain in force until the appointee resigns or is removed by
action of the Board of Supervisors at a public meeting, after such
officer has been notified of charges brought against them and has
been given a public hearing by the Board of Supervisors. Nothing in
this chapter shall remove or relinquish the power of the Board of
Supervisors to remove an officer from their appointment if the officer
is convicted of any crime other than a minor motor vehicle violation,
or if the officer is found to be morally, physically or emotionally
unsuited for duty.
The Supervisors do hereby vest in the officers
of the Police Department all police powers recognized under the various
codes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Chief of Police may from time to time, as
necessary deputize officers to serve on a short period of duty in
the Police Department to assist in other than routine situations such
as public disturbances, riots, fires or other emergencies.
