Section 713. Resident State Trooper Program.--(a) The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police may appoint members of the regular Pennsylvania State Police Force to be assigned on a regular basis to a municipality or adjacent municipalities which, on the effective date of this act, do not have an organized police force, if the municipality or municipalities agree to pay the entire cost of providing the State trooper service.
(b) In order to implement this section, the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police is authorized to enter into agreements with boroughs and first and second class townships for the furnishing of police protection by one or more resident State troopers on a contractual basis. The contract price for such services shall be the full direct and indirect costs of providing the police protection as determined by the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, and moneys paid for the police services shall be credited to the General Fund and used for the express purpose of financing the services for which the contract price was paid. Fifty additional personnel are hereby authorized to meet the initial staffing requirements of the Pennsylvania State Police resulting from any agreements executed pursuant to this subsection.
(c) The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the resident State trooper program and the contractual agreements authorized by this section. The rules and regulations shall:
(1) Allow adjacent municipalities to join together to request the services of and share in the costs of a resident State trooper. If more than one adjacent municipality shall request the services of a single resident State trooper, the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police may determine that the geographic area is too large to be covered by one resident State trooper and that one or more additional resident State troopers must be assigned in order to provide the geographic area with adequate police protection.
(2) Require that, as a prerequisite to applying for the services of a resident State trooper, a municipality or municipalities shall adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing a contractual arrangement with the Pennsylvania State Police for the payment by the municipality or municipalities of the entire costs incurred in connection with the provision of the services.
(3) Require resident State troopers to remain under the direct control of the Pennsylvania State Police with supervision to be provided by the commanding officer of the field installation having jurisdiction over the municipality or municipalities contracting for the services of the resident State trooper. The commanding officer shall determine the number of supervisors for the resident State troopers assigned to his field installation. Each resident State trooper shall operate out of his assigned field installation, which shall be his official duty station.
(4) Require all resident State troopers to reside within the geographic area served by the field installation having jurisdiction over the municipality or municipalities to which the resident State trooper is assigned.
(5) Require that all organizational orders, regulations and directives issued by the Pennsylvania State Police apply with full force to resident State troopers.
(6) Require such matters as the geographic area served, hours of duty and type of duties to be arranged by the commander of the field installation in cooperation with the governing body of the municipality or municipalities.
(7) Require that an on-duty resident State trooper not leave his assigned municipality or municipalities without the authorization of the commander of the field installation and require that the commander not remove a resident State trooper from his area of jurisdiction during assigned hours except in cases of extreme emergency, in which case the governing body of the contracting municipality or municipalities shall be notified.
(8) Require resident State troopers to be in uniform at all times during assigned working hours, unless authorized by the commander of the field installation to work in civilian attire.
(9) Require resident State troopers to enforce the Vehicle Code and criminal laws of this Commonwealth.
(10) Require that all supplies and equipment, including vehicles, radios, etc., be obtained by the resident trooper from the supervising field installation.
(d) This section shall expire December 31, 1992, unless reenacted by the General Assembly.
(713 added July 11, 1991, P.L.73, No.12)