A Police Department is hereby established in and for the Borough of
Shippensburg, Cumberland and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania. The Chief of
Police shall be the chief executive of the Police Department. The Chief 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
and shall establish residence within the Borough of Shippensburg not later
than one year after the appointment as Chief.
A. Subordinate to the Chief of Police in the Police Department,
the following classifications are hereby established: Lieutenant, Sergeant,
Corporal, Patrol Officer and such additional classifications to which the
Borough Council shall at any specific time have appointed one or more police
officers. The order of authority among such subordinate classifications shall
be in the order above listed. The number of persons to serve in each of such
subordinate classifications on a full-time and/or part-time basis and the
compensation of each shall be as determined by the Borough Council from time
to time.
B. The Shippensburg Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized,
by rule or regulation, to require full-time borough police officers other
than the Chief to establish residency within the Borough of Shippensburg not
later than 60 days after their permanent appointment following the probationary
period of one year.
C. The Shippensburg Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized,
by rule or regulation, to require part-time borough police officers to reside
within 25 miles of the geographic center of the municipal boundaries of the
Borough of Shippensburg not later than 60 days following the probationary
period of one year.