There shall be a Department of Public Safety,
the head of which shall be the Business Administrator.
There shall be a Division of Police, the head
of which shall be the Chief of Police.
A.Â
The Division of Police shall consist of one Chief
of Police, one Captain, two Lieutenants, seven Sergeants and 21 Patrolmen.
[Amended 8-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-25; 11-28-2006 by Ord. No.
2006-15]
B.Â
Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall ensure
that the Division of Police shall:
(1)Â
Preserve the public peace, protect life and property,
prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders against the penal laws
and ordinances effective within the Township, suppress riots, mobs
and insurrections, disperse unlawful or dangerous assemblages and
preserve order at all elections and public meetings and assemblages.
(2)Â
Administer and enforce laws and ordinances to regulate,
direct, control and restrict the movement of vehicular and pedestrian
traffic, and the use of the streets by vehicles and persons, to protect
the safety and facilitate the convenience of motorists and pedestrians,
and to make and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with
the state law, the Charter and ordinances for such purposes.
(3)Â
Remove or cause to be removed all nuisances in the
public streets, parks and other public places, inspect and observe
all places of public amusement or assemblage and all places of business
requiring any state or Township license or permit and report thereon
to the appropriate department.
(4)Â
Provide proper police attendance and protection at
fires.
(5)Â
Provide for the attendance of its members in court
as necessary for the prosecution and trial of persons charged with
crimes and offenses, and cooperate fully with the law enforcement
and prosecuting authorities of federal, state, county and Township
governments.
(6)Â
Operate a training program to maintain and improve
the police efficiency of the members of the Division.
(7)Â
Make, administer and enforce rules and regulations
for the disposition, conduct and discipline of the Division.
C.Â
Personnel.
(1)Â
Gifts. No member of the Division of Police shall solicit
or accept anything of value as consideration for or in connection
with the discharge of his or her official duties, nor shall any member
solicit the sale of tickets in connection with any fund-raising campaign
nor request contributions directly or indirectly for same, nor solicit
anything of value for the benefit of self or other person or any Division
of Police member, group or organization without written permission
of the Chief of Police.
(2)Â
Grievance procedure. The Chief of Police shall establish
a grievance procedure. The Chief of Police shall have the power to
suspend subordinate officers and employees within the Division subject
to applicable civil service rules and regulations, without reference
to the Business Administrator who is the head of the Department.
D.Â
Control of stolen or other property. The Chief of
Police shall provide, by rules and regulations, for the custody and
safekeeping of all property alleged to be found, abandoned, stolen
or embezzled, all property taken from the person of any prisoner and
all other property alleged to have been acquired or possessed unlawfully,
which shall come into the possession of any member of the Division.
All such property and money shall be promptly described and registered
and accounted for in detail in such manner as the Chief of Police
shall prescribe.
A.Â
There shall be a manual of rules and regulations for
the government and discipline of members and employees of the Department
of Public Safety.
B.Â
The Township Council, from time to time, may amend
or supplement the rules and regulations.
C.Â
Each member and employee of the Department of Public
Safety shall receive a copy of the rules and regulations. There shall
also be on file with the Township Clerk three copies of the rules
and regulations manual.
D.Â
Each member and employee of the Department of Public
Safety shall be responsible for the safekeeping and preservation of
his or her copy of the rules and regulations, as amended and supplemented
from time to time.
E.Â
Each member and employee of the Department of Public
Safety presently employed by the Township, and all future employees
of the Department, shall acknowledge receipt of the manual of rules
and regulations for the government and discipline of the members and
employees of the Department of Public Safety of the Township. Such
receipt shall be filed and maintained by the Chief of Police and the
Business Administrator in each member's personnel file.
