[Adopted 6-14-1976 by Ord. No. 346,[1] approved 6-14-1976]
A Police Department for the Borough of Conway
is hereby recognized and established.
The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive
of the Police Department. He shall, under the direction of the Mayor,
be in charge of the police force and have supervision over its members
in the exercise of their powers, duties and authority, as provided
by the laws of the commonwealth or the ordinances of the Borough of
Conway.
A.
Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department
shall be such officer or officers as may be designated from time to
time by the Borough Council. The priority of authority among such
subordinate classifications shall be in the order designated by Council,
and their duties shall be such as may be directed from time to time
by the Council and the Chief of Police. The number of persons to serve
in each of such subordinate classifications on a full-time or a part-time
basis and the compensation of each shall be determined by the Borough
Council.
B.
The Chief of Police and subordinate members of the
police force shall be appointed by the Borough Council, subject to
statutory regulation.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the authority
of the Council to appoint special policemen nor shall it affect any
of the authority given to the Borough and its officers by the statutes
of Pennsylvania pertaining to the same.
