HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-5988IN RE:
DICKINSON COLLEGE
PRIVATE POLICE
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
:NO.
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
PRIVATE POLICE FOR DICKINSON COLLEGE
AND NOW, Dickinson College, by its attorneys, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC,
respectfully requests that this Court appoint a private police officer for the Dickinson
College campus. In support of its request, Dickinson College states as follows:
1. Petitioner, Dickinson College (hereinafter "College"), is a non-profit
corporation existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and operates
a college in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
2. The Petitioner's campus consists of large areas of grounds which are
open to the public in and around the Borough of Carlisle.
3. Section 501 of P.L. 1063, No. 271, dated November 15, 1972, as
amended (22 Pa. C.S. §501) authorizes any non-profit corporation to petition the Court
to seek the appointment of private police officers to act as police officers in the
immediate and adjacent vicinity of the non-profit corporation's property.
4. The Petitioner has, in the past, had individuals appointed by this Court to
act as private police officers to care for the safety of the Petitioner's students and staff,
and the general public, and to provide for the protection of the property of the College.
5. The Petitioner designates the following individual as a candidate for
appointment as a private police officer and respectfully requests the Court to make said
appointment:
WILLIAM J. DONOVAN
1144 Maple Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
WHEREFORE, Petitioner requests this Court to appoint William J. Donovan as a
private police officer for the Dickinson College campus.
Respectfully submitted,
McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC
Date: December 17, 2002
By
Brian F. Jackso~
I.D. No. 65849
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108
717-232-8000
Attorneys for Dickinson College
VERIFICATION
Subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904 relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities, I hereby certify that I am counsel for the Petitioner within-named; that as
such I am duly authorized to execute this Verification on its behalf; and that the facts set
forth in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best of my information and
belief.
Date: December 17, 2002
, Brian I:¥JaT;kson
DEC ;!
IN RE:
DICKINSON COLLEGE
PRIVATE POLICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
· CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. ~_.)2-- ~'~'
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
AND NOW, this
ORDER AND DECREE
~day of ~ ·
,2001, upon presentation
and consideration of the Petition for Appointment of Dickinson College Private Police, it
is ORDERED AND DECREED as follows:
1. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, 1144 Maple Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 is hereby
appointed pursuant to 22 Pa. C.S. §501 to act as a private police officer for the
Dickinson College campus.
2. That before commencing the duties of a private police officer for Dickinson
College, said Appointee shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office as
required by Article 6, Section 3 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which oath shall be
recorded by the Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the
Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth,
and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity.
3. Said Appointee shall, when on duty, wear a metallic shield with the words
"Special Officer, Dickinson College" inscribed thereon.
4. The Prothonotary of this Court shall transmit a certified copy of this Order
and Decree to the Office of the Recorder of Deeds where the same shall be recorded
with the Oath required by Article 6 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
5. At such time as Dickinson College shall no longer require the services of
said Appointee, a notice to that effect under the Dickinson College corporate seal shall
be filed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds. This information shall be noted upon the
margin of the record where the Order and Decree were recorded, and thereupon the
powers of said Appointee shall terminate.
BY THE COURT: