EDITOR'S NOTE: The City has agreements with neighboring municipalities providing for mutual police aid and assistance. Copies of the latest relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the City Clerk. Resolutions 7441 and 7442, passed January 24, 1979, as amended by Resolution 7578, passed May 27, 1981, approved the Cambria County Police Communications Network Agreements, Phases I and II, which prescribe the manner in which the County and other units of government will participate in a consolidated police communications network.
Resolution 8021, passed August 8, 1990, and Ordinance 4621, passed September 9, 1992, authorized Municipal Drug Task Force Agreements to coordinate narcotics investigation, enforcement and prosecution activities.
Ordinance 4542, passed September 12, 1990, adopted and ratified the Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement, which provides for inter-municipal cooperation in narcotics and other enforcement operations.
Copies of this legislation and of such Agreements may be obtained, at cost, from the City Clerk.
242.01 Composition; compensation.
242.013 General responsibilities.
242.016 Director/Chief.
242.02 K-9 Corps.
242.03 Burglar alarm service.
242.04 Service outside City.
242.05 Compliance with Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission standards.
242.06 Fee for accident reports; deposit of moneys.
242.07 Police service agreements.
242.08 False alarms.
CROSS REFERENCES
Police ordinances authorized - see Opt. 3rd Class Sec. 303
Department of Police - see 3rd Class Secs. 2001 et seq.
Police Pension Fund - see ADM. Ch. 288
New Police Pension Plan - see ADM. Ch. 289
Police dogs - see GEN. OFF. 614.02
Authority re sex offenses - see GEN. OFF. 670.07
Inspection of dance halls by Department - see B.R. & T. 808.08
Service charges for tax-exempt properties - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1066
The Department of Police shall be headed by a Director/Chief who shall be responsible to the City Manager for the performance of the functions of the Department. The duties and responsibilities of the Director/Chief shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(a) Maintain public order.
(b) Prevent crimes against persons and property.
(c) Enforce all criminal laws and ordinances.
(d) Detect and apprehend offenders and suspected persons.
(e) Maintain records and files of crimes and criminals.
(f) Operate facilities for the safekeeping of prisoners.
(g) Develop and conduct community relations and education programs.
(h) Operate and maintain the police radio and other Municipal radio and emergency communication systems as may be assigned to the Department by the City Manager.
(i) Maintain records and logs relating to radio and emergency communications systems as are required by law.
(j) Develop and maintain formal and informal cooperative relationships for mutual aid with other police and criminal justice system agencies at all levels of government and with private security organizations.
(k) Provide for continuing police training.
(l) Enforce traffic control ordinances and the State Motor Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 4654. Passed 10-27-93.)
(a) Police officers assigned to the K-9 Corps have the responsibility of feeding and caring for the police dogs and shall be paid a sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month for this service. In the case of passive, non-aggressive police dogs, such as those used solely for the detection of drugs, explosives and accelerants, police officers shall be paid a sum of forty dollars ($40.00) per month.
(Ord. 4808. Passed 7-22-98.)
(b) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to make checks payable monthly to the designated police officers.
(Res. 7046. Passed 5-23-72.)
(a) The City may provide, upon request, a burglar alarm service for all businesses and commercial and financial establishments within the City.
(b) An application for such service shall be made with the Director/Chief of the Department of Police.
(c) All subscribers, current and new, to the burglar alarm service, connected directly to the Police Department or to an answering service calling the Department, shall pay an installation fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the Director of Finance.
(d) An annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), payable in advance, shall be charged to all subscribers, including telephone and answering service connections, and shall be collected by the Director of Finance.
(e) All subscribers using telephone devices connected to the Department, or an answering service calling the Department, and all new subscribers thereto, shall, in addition to the charges set forth in subsections (c) and (d) hereof, pay a one time fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for Trac Taping their emergency calls to the Department, payable to the Director of Finance.
(Ord. 4667. Passed 7-13-94.)
(a) No contract shall be entered into for providing police protection outside the corporate limits of the City unless Council approves the terms of any such proposed agreement.
(b) It shall be clearly demonstrated, in writing, that the entire cost of providing police service outside the corporate limits will be borne by those receiving such police protection.
(Res. 7455. Passed 4-11-79.)
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