Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 16627. Neglect of duties or abuse of powers

The said marshal of police, lieutenants of police, and policemen hereby organized, for any neglect of their duties, or abuse of the powers hereby granted, shall, upon complaint duly made to the judges of the court of quarter sessions for the county of Philadelphia, by any citizen or other person aggrieved, be examined as to the justness of said complaint;  and if upon examination said judges, or any one of them, shall be satisfied that there is sufficient cause to bind over, the said party or parties shall thereupon be bound over to take his or their trial for a misdemeanor in office;  and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as misdemeanors are now by law punishable.