2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 11 - Powers, Duties and Rights of Appointed Officers and Employees
Section 1170 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Fire apparatus operator." A person who operates fire apparatus and devotes his normal working hours to operating any piece of fire apparatus or other services connected with fire protection work and who is paid a stated salary or compensation for the work by the borough.
"Police force." A police force organized and operating as prescribed by law, the members of which devote their normal working hours to police duty or duty in connection with the bureau, agencies and services connected with police protection work and who are paid a stated salary or compensation for the work by the borough. As used in this subchapter, the term shall not include any of the following:
(1) Special police appointed by the mayor to act in emergencies.
(2) A person appointed solely for parking meter enforcement duties.
(3) Special school police.
(4) Extra police serving from time to time or on an hourly or daily basis.
(5) An auxiliary policeman appointed under the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.2016, No.561), entitled "An act providing for supplementing the police forces of cities, boroughs, towns and townships, for the appointment, powers and control of auxiliary police therein, and for the transfer during disasters and emergencies of such auxiliary police, members of the regular police forces, and police equipment thereof."
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