A reciprocal arrangement between the Police Department of the Township of Lower Merion and the Police Department of the Borough of Narberth is hereby approved and established, such arrangement to become effective whenever an ordinance substantially similar in form to this article is adopted by the Council of the Borough of Narberth and becomes effective.
[Adopted 4-19-1961 by Ord. No. 1344]
All regular police officers of the Borough of Narberth are hereby appointed police officers and members of the Police Department of the Township of Lower Merion. All such borough police officers shall take the oath of office before a District Justice and shall serve without any compensation in addition to that received from the borough.
In the event that a police officer of the Township of Lower Merion shall make an investigation in the Borough of Narberth, information acquired by him in the course of such investigation shall be turned over to the officer of the borough on duty at the time the investigation is being conducted, or as soon thereafter as may be practical. Arrests made in the borough shall, whenever possible, be made by a regular police officer of the borough and not by a township officer, except when a borough officer is not present and a violation is committed in the presence of an officer of the township.
[Amended 9-21-1977 by Ord. No. 1802]
All prosecutions shall be brought before a District Justice in whose jurisdiction the violation of law was committed.
All regular police officers of the Township of Lower Merion are hereby authorized to accept appointments as police officers of the Borough of Narberth.