PRINTER'S NO. 1866
No. 1234 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY DENT AND BOSCOLA, OCTOBER 15, 2004
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, OCTOBER 15, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the definition
3 of "police officer."
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The definition of "police officer" in section
7 2162 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
8 amended to read:
9 § 2162. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
11 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 * * *
14 "Police officer." Any of the following:
15 (1) A full-time or part-time employee assigned to
16 criminal or traffic law enforcement duties of any of the
17 following:
18 (i) A police department of a county, city, borough,
1 town or township.
2 (ii) Any railroad or street railway police.
3 (iii) Any campus or university police department.
4 (iv) The Capitol Police.
5 (v) The Harrisburg International Airport Police.
6 (vi) An airport authority police department.
7 (2) A deputy sheriff of a county of the second class.
8 (3) A security officer of a first class city housing
9 authority or a police officer of a second class city housing
10 authority.
11 (4) A special investigator of a third class city housing
12 authority.
13 The term excludes persons employed to check parking meters or to
14 perform only administrative duties and auxiliary and fire
15 police.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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