Membership

Active membership shall be open to the following:

(a)        All full-time sworn chiefs, superintendents, or commissioners and their deputies of municipal police in the County who have police powers.

(b)       All full-time sworn municipal police officers in the County, who have the highest rank subordinate to the Chief or Deputy Chief of Police.

(c)        The Chief of the Berks County Detectives and his/her immediate subordinates empowered to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(d)       The Commanding Officer or division or unit commander of the Pennsylvania State Police in which Berks County is within their scope of command holding the rank of sergeant or above.

(e)        The full-time Chief of Campus Police of a state-owned, aided or related college or university in Berks County, and his/her immediate subordinate who holds the rank of sergeant or above, and a commission as a police officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as authorized by the Governor.

(f)         The District Attorney and First Assistant District Attorney of Berks County.

(g)        The Sheriff of Berks County and Chief Deputy Sheriff and persons who have the highest rank subordinate to the Chief Deputy.

(h)       The Warden of the Berks County Jail System and his/her immediate subordinate(s).

(i)         The Coroner of Berks County and his/her immediate subordinate.

(j)         The Director of Communications of Berks County.

(k) The Director of the Reading Police Academy.

(l)        Special agents in charge, assistant special agents in charges, and resident agents of any law enforcement entity of the United States government if, at the time of application, are responsible for law enforcement activities within Berks County.

(m)         Persons with command-level responsibility in any law enforcement agency in the County.

(n) Any person recommended to the body by a majority vote of approval of the Executive Board of the Association and approved by a majority vote of the body.

All active members shall have a right to attend the Association’s Monthly Meeting and shall have or exercise the privilege of voting on all matters of Association business that may arise.

Associate Membership

Associate membership shall be open to those persons who, by occupation or personal inclination, share a mutuality of interest with the Association and its membership.  Associate members may attend the Association’s Monthly Meetings; however, they shall not have or exercise the privilege of voting on Association business.