The Director of Public Safety shall designate
a qualified medical doctor to serve as Police and Fire Surgeon. The
Police and Fire Surgeon shall, under the direction of the Director,
validate daily any extended absence of members of the Department because
of sickness. The Director shall confer with the Police and Fire Surgeon
and his or her subordinate administrative heads, but they shall be
the sole judge of whether such absences were the direct result of
service-connected injuries and the appropriate interpretation of the
rules and regulations of the Department with respect to such absences.
The Supervisor of the Bureau of Communications,
under the supervision of the Director of Public Safety, shall:
A. Operate system. Administer the operation of all telephone,
teletype, and radio communication systems within the Department of
Public Safety.
B. Centralize and coordinate system. Centralize and coordinate
the operation of such system to provide and promote the maximum efficiency
and economy in the use thereof.
C. Maintain and repair system. Be responsible for the
preservation and repair of communications equipment.
D. Render services. Render such services to the Police
and Fire Division as shall be directed.
If there be an appropriation in the budget by
the Council, the Director of Disaster Preparedness, under the Supervision
of the Director of Public Safety, shall:
A. Preparations. Carry out the duties and powers vested
in him or her by law for the protection of persons and property in
disaster preparedness operations.
B. Inspection reports. Submit to the Director of Public
Safety such reports as shall be prescribed.
The Dog Control Officer, under the supervision
of the Director of Public Safety, shall:
A. Enforce licensing. Enforce the provisions of law relating
to the licensing of dogs.
B. Rules and regulations. Prescribe such rules and regulations
as he or she deems necessary for the proper control of dogs and other
household pets.
C. Programs for rodent extermination. The Dog Control
Officer shall carry on programs for the effective extermination of
rodents.
The Director of Weights and Measures, under
the supervision of the Director of Public Safety, shall:
A. Duties pursuant to state law. Perform in the City
the duties of and shall have like powers as a County Sealer as more
particularly described in § 181 of the Agriculture and Markets
Law.
B. Inspection and reports. Conduct such inspections and
submit such reports as shall be prescribed by the Director of Public
Safety and by law.