[Adopted 5-20-1970 by Ord. No. 1605]
The Superintendent of Police is hereby authorized to assign one or more
off-duty police officers to regulate and control the movement of traffic on
a street when, in his opinion, traffic is being blocked or seriously impeded
by vehicles waiting on the street to make turns into parking lots or driveways
leading to commercial establishments, thus blocking fire engines and police
emergency vehicles and interfering with the health, safety and convenience
of the public.
The Superintendent of Police shall assign a police officer or police
officers to such special duty for as long a period as he shall determine is
necessary under existing conditions. Officers so assigned shall be selected
from the off-duty police roster and compensated at the current rates for off-duty
work.
The owner of occupant of any commercial establishment at which one or
more off-duty police officers are assigned as herein provided shall, within
10 days after the assignment is completed, reimburse the township for expenses
thereby incurred. In the event that the owner or occupant shall fail to reimburse
the township promptly, the Township Manager shall forward a bill for the charges
incurred to the Township Solicitor with instructions to proceed promptly to
collect the same.
The Superintendent of Police shall from time to time ascertain which
police officers desire to participate in this police service in addition to
their regular duties, shall keep an accurate record thereof and shall assign
such service as extra work to those men desiring the same in a fair and equitable
manner. All officers performing such services in addition to their regular
duties shall receive as additional compensation the overtime rate for Class
A Patrolmen, such additional compensation to be determined by the time actually
spent on the assignment plus 1/2 hour for traveling to and from the assignment.
Such compensation shall be added to the officers' regular compensation
and included therewith for purposes of pensions and all other benefits to
which the officers are entitled as regular policemen. During the time the officers are performing such extra duty, including
traveling to and from the assignment, they shall be under the jurisdiction
and control of the Superintendent of Police in the same manner as police officers
are when performing their regular police duties.
The Superintendent of Police shall keep a record of the assignments
of police officers to off-duty service as herein provided and certify the
same to the Township Manager by daily time sheets, as now provided in existing
payroll procedures. Upon approval thereof by the Township Manager, such officers
shall receive the sums earned by them, less proper deductions, in their regular
payroll checks.
[Amended 9-21-1977 by Ord. No. 1802]
An appeal from the decision, order or requirement of the Superintendent
of Police may be taken to the Police Committee. Such appeal shall be made
in writing within 10 days after such decision, order or requirement has been
made, shall be verified by affidavit and shall be filed with the Township
Secretary. The appellant or his representative shall have the right to appear
before the Police Committee and be heard, if such right is requested in the
written appeal. A prompt decision of such appeal shall be made by the Police
Committee. Every action of the Police Committee shall be certified to the
Superintendent of Police and the appellant.