PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 2 REMOVAL OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS
§10-103. Members of Political Committees Not to Interfere with Police and Certain Other Officers and Employees.
No member of a political committee shall interfere with
or attempt to interfere with the Police Commissioner or any officer or member of
the Philadelphia Police, the Fire Commissioner and any officer or employee of
the Fire Department, or the Commissioner of Licenses and Inspections or any
officer or employee of the Department of Licenses and Inspections in the proper
performance of his duties.
ANNOTATION
Sources: No specific source.
Purposes: 1. Requests from persons politically influential to
the end that law violators shall not be apprehended and prosecuted, are not to
be permitted to be bought to bear upon law enforcement agencies and the Fire
Department (concerned with the enforcement of fire prevention laws). See
Annotation to Section 10-100.
2. For penalties for violating this section, see Section
10-109.