PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 259 PRINTER'S NO. 1848
No. 238 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON AND PETRARCA, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 16, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 18, 1974 (P.L.359, No.120), entitled
2 "An act creating the Municipal Police Officers' Education and
3 Training Commission; providing for the commission's
4 membership, selection, compensation, and removal; providing
5 for the powers and duties of the commission; providing for
6 the appointment and duties of the chairman; providing for the
7 act's applicability to the civil service laws; requiring
8 training by certain political subdivisions and police
9 departments; providing penalties for violation thereof; and
10 making an appropriation," further defining "police officer."
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 2(3) of the act of June 18, 1974 (P.L.359,
14 No.120), referred to as the Municipal Police Education and
15 Training Law, amended December 20, 1984 (P.L.1197, No.227), is
16 amended to read:
17 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act:
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19 (3) "Police officer" means any full-time or part-time
20 employe, of a city, borough, town, township or county police
21 department assigned to criminal and/or traffic law enforcement
1 duties, and for the purpose of training only, security officers
2 of first class city housing authority and park guards or park
3 policemen of third class counties[,] AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 2511 <--
4 OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 9, 1955 (P.L.323, NO.130), KNOWN AS "THE
5 COUNTY CODE," but shall exclude persons employed to check
6 parking meters and/or to perform only administrative duties,
7 auxiliary and fire police.
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9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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