§ 4-8. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.

The Police Department through its Chief of Police, shall:

a.

Preserve the public peace, protect life and property, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders against the penal laws and ordinances effective within the Borough, suppress riots, mobs and insurrections, disperse unlawful or dangerous assemblages, and preserve order at all elections and public meetings and assemblages;

b.

Administer and enforce laws and ordinances to regulate, direct, control and when necessary restrict the movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and the use of the streets by vehicles and persons, to protect the safety and facilitate the convenience of motorists and pedestrians, and to make and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with the ordinances and resolutions of the Borough for such purposes;

c.

Remove or cause to be removed all nuisances in the public streets, parks and other public places of the Borough, inspect and observe all places of public amusement or assemblage and all places of business requiring any State or municipal license or permit and report thereon to the appropriate department;

d.

Provide proper Police attendance and protection at fires;

e.

Provide for the attendance of its members in court as necessary for the prosecution and trial of persons charged with crimes and offenses, and cooperate fully with the law enforcement and prosecuting authorities of Federal, State and County governments.

(Ord. #627-99, § I)