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INRE:
DICKINSON COLLEGE
PRN ATE POLICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. tJ,j / 5(,'1
CNIL ACTION - LAW
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
PRN A TE POLICE FOR DICKINSON COLLEGE
AND NOW, Dickinson College, by it General Counsel, Dana Stevens Scaduto,
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 oflarge areas of grounds which are open to the
public in and around the Borough of Carlisle.
3. Section 501 ofP.L. 1063, No. 271, dated November 15,1972, as amended (22 Pa.
C.S. 9501) 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 ofthe 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 ofthe 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;
PETER J. McHALE, JR.
690 Gregs Drive, Apt. 59
Harrisburg, P A 17111
WHEREFORE, Petitioner requests this Court to appoint Peter J. McHale, Jr. as a private police
officer for the Dickinson College campus.
Respectfully submitted,
DICKINSON COLLEGE
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Dana Stevens Scaduto
General Counsel
LD. No. 41260
POBox 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 245-1013
Date: February i, 2005
VERIFICATION
Subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. g4904 relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities, I hereby certify that I am counsel for 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: February
,2005
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INRE:
DICKINSON COLLEGE
PRIVATE POLICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYL VANIA
NO. 05 - ,;-bt}
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
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ORDER AND DEeRE.E;
AND NOW, this
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day of February, 2005, upon presentation and consideration
of the Petition for Appointment of Dickinson College Private Police, it is ORDERED AND
DECREED as follows:
1. PETER J. McHALE, JR., 690 Gregs Drive, Apt. 59, Harrisburg, P A 17111 is hereby
appointed pursuant to 22 Pa. C.S. 9501 to act as a private police: office 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
the 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 ofthis Order and
Decree to the Office of the Recorder of Deeds where the same shall be recorded with the Oath
required by Article 6 ofthe 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 ofthe Recorder of Deeds. This information shall be nOlled upon the margin of the record
where the Order and Decree were recorded, and thereupon the powers of said Appointee shall
terminate.
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