Pennsylvania Statutes Title 42 P.S. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 21115. Conservator of the peace

(a) Sheriff.--For the services performed in the capacity as a conservator of the peace or police officer in suppressing riots, mobs or insurrections, and when discharging any duty requiring the summoning of a posse, comitatus or special deputy sheriffs, the sheriff shall receive per diem compensation at the rate of $50 in a county for eight hours service, together with the mileage and necessary expenses, including subsistence for the sheriff and those under him, all to be paid by the county.

(b) Deputies.--For each special deputy appointed by the sheriff in the case of an emergency, to assist in executing civil or criminal process or court order or preserving the peace, the sheriff shall receive from the county, for compensation of the deputy, an hourly rate equal to the prevailing wage scale of the sheriff's office, together with the expenses incurred for transportation and subsistence of the deputy.