From and after the effective date of this article, the following
provisions shall be in full force and effect in the Township of Shaler.
This article shall be known as the "Township of Shaler Restitution
of Workers' Compensation Paid to Police Officers Ordinance."
This article is adopted for the above-stated purposes and to aid in compensating victims for harm directly caused
by an offender, to decrease the cost of workers' compensation
insurance in order to minimize taxes to the residents of the Township
of Shaler, to minimize losses sustained by the Township and its police
officers through workers' compensation payments which occur as
a direct result of criminal conduct inflicted upon its police officers
by criminal offenders and to obtain restitution for losses sustained
by the Township and its police officers as the direct result of criminal
conduct resulting in personal injury to police officers in the performance
of their official duties.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CRIME
Any offense punishable under Title 18 Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes or Title 75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
OFFENDER
Any person, except a victim, who criminally causes personal
injury to the person or property of another as a direct result of
a crime and who is adjudged guilty of an offense punishable under
Title 18 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes or Title 75 Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes.
POLICE OFFICER
Any person duly employed by the Township of Shaler who is,
by law, given the power to arrest when acting within the scope of
the person's employment.
RESTITUTION
The return of property of the victim or payments in cash
or the equivalent thereof pursuant to an order of a court.
VICTIM
Any person, except an offender, who suffered injuries to
his person or property as a direct result of the crime. The term "victim"
specifically includes the Township of Shaler and any insurance company
that has compensated the victim for loss under an insurance contract.
When required as a condition of probation or parole, offenders
convicted of a crime wherein a police officer suffered injury to property
or personal injury directly resulting from the crime shall make restitution
in the amount of the value of the loss sustained by the victim, the
Township or an insurance company, as ordered by the sentencing court.