PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 2 POLICE DEPARTMENT
§5-202. Additional Patrolmen Upon Private Request.
The Police Commissioner may appoint, and cause to be
sworn in, any number of additional patrolmen to do duty at any place in the City
designated by, and at the charge and expense of, the person who may ask for such
appointment, but no such appointment shall be made for service at any place
where there exists a labor dispute or strike. Such patrolmen shall be subject to
and obey the orders and rules of the Police Department and conform to its
general discipline.
ANNOTATION
Sources: Act of June 25, 1919, P.L. 581, Article V, Section
6.
Purposes: Most of this section continues existing law. The new
language prohibiting appointment for service at any place where there exists a
labor dispute or strike reflects past practices.
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