There is hereby established a department of the municipal government
of the Village which shall be known as the "Police Department." The
Police Department shall consist of the Chief of Police and of such
number of patrolmen as may be provided from time to time by the Village
Board.
There is hereby established the office of the Chief of Police.
The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice
and consent of the Village Board for a term of one year.
The Chief of Police shall keep records and make reports concerning
the activities of his Department as may be required. The Chief shall
be responsible for the performance of the Police Department, of all
its functions, and all persons who are members of the department shall
serve subject to the orders of the Chief of Police.
A sufficient number of patrolmen shall be appointed by the Mayor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Village Board to serve for
one year or until his successor is appointed and qualified. A police
officer may be appointed to office by the Mayor and Village Board
if he meets the necessary qualifications notwithstanding the fact
that the policeman is not a resident of the Village when appointed
or when he is to serve as such an official.
The Police Department shall receive such compensation as may
be provided by ordinance or resolution of the Village Board.
The policeman shall devote his entire time to the performance
of the duties of his office and is hereby charged with the preservation
of the peace, order and safety of the Village and with the duty of
protecting the rights of persons and property and of enforcing all
laws and also all orders of the Village Board. He shall take notice
of all nuisances, obstructions and defects on the highways or other
public places, and shall cause the same to be abated or removed, or
immediate notice thereof given to the proper officer whose duty it
may be to take action in relation thereto. When requested by the Mayor
he shall attend, either in person or by deputy, all meetings of the
Village Board, execute all its orders and close the Board Chamber
upon the adjournment of that body. He shall also execute all warrants
or other legal process required to be executed by him under any ordinance
of the Village or laws of the State of Illinois.
The Police Department, with the approval of the Village Board,
may enter into an agreement to provide police protection to neighboring
municipalities.
The Mayor may, on special occasions when, in his judgment for
public peace and order of the Village shall require, appoint and commission
any number of special policemen as may be necessary and shall fix
in order of their appointment, the time during which each shall serve
all such special policemen, during such time, shall possess the powers
and exercise the duties of regular police patrolmen; provided that
their appointment, if for more than 10 days shall be subject to the
consent of the Village Board in the manner that other appointments
to office by the Mayor are subject. Auxiliary policemen shall not
carry firearms, except with the permission of the Chief of Police
and then only when in uniform and in the performance of their duties.
All police shall have the power and authority to execute Village
warrants or other similar legal processes outside the corporate limits
of the Village and within such distance therefrom as authorized by
law in all cases when any ordinance of the Village Board made pursuant
to law shall prescribe a penalty for the violation of any of its provisions
by persons residing, acting or doing any business within the limits
of the Village.
Every police officer of the Village may, at any time, call upon
any able-bodied person(s) above the age of 18 years to aid him in
the arresting, retaking or holding in custody of any person guilty
of having committed any unlawful act or charged therewith, or to aid
such officer in preventing the commission of any unlawful act.
Every police officer shall aid the Fire Department by giving
the alarm in case of fire and in clearing the streets or grounds in
the immediate vicinity of any fire so that the firemen shall not be
hindered or obstructed in the performance of their duties.
Any member of the Police Department who shall neglect or refuse
to perform any duty required of him by this Code or the rules and
regulations of the Department, or who shall be, in the discharge of
his official duties, guilty of any fraud, favoritism, extortion, oppressions
or willful wrong or injustice, shall be subject to removal from office.
It shall be unlawful for any person in this Village to resist
or obstruct any member of the police force in the discharge of his
duty or to endeavor to do so, in any manner, assist any person in
the custody of any member of the Police Department to escape or to
attempt to escape from such custody or to attempt to rescue any such
person in custody.
No member on an active tour of duty or while wearing the official
policeman's badge of the Village shall indulge in the use of
intoxicating liquor of any kind and intoxication at any time shall
be sufficient cause for removal.
Any member of the Police Department shall appear as witness
whenever this is necessary in a prosecution for a violation of an
ordinance or of any state or federal law. No such member shall retain
any witness fee for service as witness in any action or suit to which
the Village is a party; and fees paid for such services shall be turned
over to the Chief of Police who shall deposit the same with the Village
Treasurer.
The Chief of Police may make or prescribe such rules and regulations
for the conduct and guidance of the members of the Police Department
as he shall deem advisable and such rules, when approved by the Mayor,
shall be binding on such members.
All policemen, prior to entering upon any of their duties, shall
receive a course of training in the use of weapons and other police
procedures by the proper authorities as established by the State of
Illinois for firearms training. Such courses of training shall not
be less than 400 hours in duration. Upon completion of the course
of training, the applicant shall file with the Mayor a certificate
attesting to the completion of the course.
The Chief of Police shall be the custodian of all lost and abandoned
or stolen property in the Village.
In the event a Chief of Police has not been appointed as provided in Section
30-2-2, the Mayor shall be acting Chief of Police.