Pennsylvania Act 1919-179 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE REORGANIZED

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE REORGANIZED
                  Act of Jun. 3, 1919, P.L. 366, No. 179              Cl. 44
                                  AN ACT

     Reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating therein a
        Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for a State Police
        Force, and defining the powers and duties of the same,
        including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish,
        forestry, and water supply, and certain other laws, and
        including the collection of information useful for the
        detection of crime, and the apprehension of criminals;
        providing for the equipment, maintenance, and transportation
        of such police; providing for barracks and substations
        therefor; and prescribing penalties.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That a Department of State
     Police is hereby created, the head of which shall be a
     superintendent.
        Section 2.  (2 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 3.  (3 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 4.  (4 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 5.  (5 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 6.  The Superintendent of State Police is authorized
     to appoint the State Police Force, which shall consist of--One
     school troop consisting of: One captain, at a salary of three
     thousand dollars per annum; one lieutenant, at a salary of
     twenty-two hundred dollars per annum; one sergeant, at a salary
     of seventeen hundred dollars per annum; two corporals, each at a
     salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum;--five troops, each
     consisting of: A captain, at a salary of three thousand dollars
     per annum; a lieutenant, at a salary of twenty-two hundred
     dollars per annum; a first sergeant, at a salary of two thousand
     dollars per annum; five sergeants, each at a salary of seventeen
     hundred dollars per annum; ten corporals, each at a salary of
     fifteen hundred dollars per annum, one of whom shall be a
     saddler and one a blacksmith; forty privates first-class, each
     at a salary of fourteen hundred dollars per annum; and forty
     privates second-class, each at a salary of ten hundred and
     eighty dollars per annum; a detective division consisting of:
     One lieutenant, at a salary of twenty-two hundred dollars per
     annum; two sergeants, each at a salary of seventeen hundred
     dollars per annum; and ten detectives, each at a salary of
     fifteen hundred dollars per annum. No private, now a member of
     the State Police Force, shall be reduced to the grade of private
     second-class, and no private second-class shall be promoted to
     the grade of private first-class until there is a vacancy under
     the provisions of this act.
        (6 amended July 18, 1935, P.L.1169, No.379)
        Section 7.  The Superintendent of the Pennsylvania State
     Police shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four
     years from the third Tuesday of January next following the
     election of a Governor and until his successor shall have been
     appointed and qualified. The officers and enlisted men of the
     State Police Force shall receive an increase of one hundred and
     twenty dollars per annum after one year's service, and an
     additional increase of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
     during continuous service for each of the following three years,
     and an additional increase of sixty dollars per annum during
     continuous service for each of the following two years:
     Provided, That this section shall not apply to the
     Superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Police and the
     deputies, chiefs, statisticians, clerks, experts, and other
     assistants engaged in the work of the Pennsylvania State Police
     who are not members of the State Police Force, and whose
     compensation under existing law is fixed by the Superintendent
     of the Pennsylvania State Police with the approval of the
     Governor.
        (7 amended Oct. 5, 1967, P.L.321, No.140)

        Compiler's Note:  Section 9(b) of Act 173 of 1978 provided
            that section 7 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent
            with 1 Pa.C.S. § 2301(d) (relating to equality of rights
            based on sex)..
        Section 8.  (a)  No applicant shall be appointed to the
     Pennsylvania State Police Force until he has satisfactorily
     passed a physical and mental examination, based upon the
     standard provided by the rules and regulations of the police
     force of the cities of the first class, in addition to which
     each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and of
     sound constitution, able to ride, of good moral character, and
     between the ages of twenty-one and forty years. ((a) amended May
     16, 1945, P.L.583, No.239)
        (b)  When any person who has been honorably discharged from
     service in the armed forces of the United States during any war
     or armed conflict in which the United States was engaged, and
     has successfully passed the examinations as required by this
     section, and shall thus establish that he possesses the
     qualifications required by law for appointment to the
     Pennsylvania State Police Force, such person's examination shall
     be marked or graded an additional ten points above the mark or
     grade credited for the examination, and the total mark or grade
     thus obtained shall represent the final mark or grade of such
     person, and shall determine his standing on any eligible list.
     ((b) amended Aug. 9, 1955, P.L.321, No.120)
        (c)  When any person who is the child of any State trooper
     killed in the line of duty has successfully passed the
     examinations as required by this section, and shall thus
     establish that he possesses the qualifications required by law
     for appointment to the Pennsylvania State Police Force, such
     person's examination shall be marked or graded an additional ten
     points above the mark or grade credited for the examination, and
     the total mark or grade thus obtained shall represent the final
     mark or grade of such person, and shall determine his standing
     on any eligible list. The preference granted by this subsection
     shall be available only to persons who are ineligible for the
     veterans' preference permitted by subsection (b). ((c) added
     Jul. 9, 1976, P.L.918, No.169)
        Section 9.  (9 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 10.  (10 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 11.  (11 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 12.  (12 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 13.  (13 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 14.  (14 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 15.  The Department of State Police shall collect and
     classify and keep at all times available complete information
     useful for the detection of crime and the identification and
     apprehension of criminals. Such information shall be available
     for all police officers within the Commonwealth, under such
     regulations as the department may prescribe.
        Any person who removes, destroys, or mutilates any such
     records is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be
     sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or
     committed to the county jail for a term not exceeding one year,
     or both.
        Section 16.  (16 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 17.  (17 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 18.  (18 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 19.  This act shall take effect on the first day of
     June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
        Section 20.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this
     act are hereby repealed.