(a) General rule.--If there are urgent reasons for the filling of a vacancy in a position in the police force and there are no names on the eligibility list for the appointment, the council may nominate a person to the commission for noncompetitive examination, and, if the nominee shall be certified by the commission as qualified after noncompetitive examination, the nominee may be appointed provisionally to fill the vacancy.
(b) Competitive examination required.--
(1) Within three weeks of the provisional appointment, the commission shall hold a competitive examination and certify an eligibility list. A regular appointment shall then be made from the name or names submitted by the commission.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the appointment, without examination, of persons temporarily as police officers in cases of riot or other emergencies or as fire apparatus operators in emergency cases.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 11 - Powers, Duties and Rights of Appointed Officers and Employees
Section 1101 - Compensation, hours and days of work and outside employment
Section 1104 - Appointments and incompatible offices
Section 1105 - Compensation of certain employees
Section 1105.1 - Retirement benefits of employees transferred to authorities
Section 1106 - Bond and duties
Section 1107 - Assistant treasurer
Section 1112 - Assistant secretary
Section 1113 - Records open to inspection
Section 1116 - Solicitor to have control of legal matters
Section 1117 - Duties of solicitor and outside counsel
Section 1118 - Assistant solicitor
Section 1121 - Council's powers concerning police
Section 1122 - Police serving under cooperative agreement or contract
Section 1123.1 - Mayor's powers concerning police
Section 1124 - Suspension by mayor
Section 1127 - School crossing guards
Section 1131 - Police pension fund
Section 1132 - Private police pension funds and optional transfers
Section 1141 - Borough manager created by ordinance and election
Section 1142 - Powers and duties
Section 1143 - Other offices not incompatible
Section 1171 - Appointments of police and fire apparatus operators
Section 1172 - Civil service commission
Section 1173 - Offices incompatible with civil service commissioner
Section 1174 - Organization of commission
Section 1175 - Clerks, supplies and solicitor
Section 1176 - Rules and regulations
Section 1177 - Minutes and records
Section 1181 - General provisions relating to examinations
Section 1182 - Application for examination
Section 1183 - Rejection of applicant and hearing
Section 1184 - Eligibility list and manner of filling appointments
Section 1185 - Age and residency of applicants
Section 1186 - Probationary period
Section 1187 - Provisional appointments
Section 1189 - Physical and psychological medical examination
Section 1191 - Hearings on dismissals and reductions
Section 1192 - Employees exempted
Section 1193 - Discrimination on account of political or religious affiliations