[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 18-2004]
Any member of the Police Department who may
be prevented by sickness or any other cause from reporting for duty
at police headquarters at any time when it may be his duty to do so
shall immediately and without delay report, or cause to be reported,
the reason for his absence to the Chief of Police and/or Deputy Chief,
or to the senior ranking officer on duty in their absence, at police
headquarters.
When any member of the Police Department is
taken sick, is injured or otherwise disabled while on duty, he shall
report or cause to be reported, either in person or by the best available
communication media at his disposal and request that he be relieved
from duty, in which case the Chief of Police and/or Deputy Chief,
or the senior ranking officer on duty in their absence, shall take
whatever steps may be necessary to relieve the sick, injured or disabled
member from duty and shall ensure that the said member's post be covered
as expeditiously as possible.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Article IX, Radio Patrol Cars, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-23-2022 by Ord. No. 10-2022. This ordinance also provided for the renumbering of Articles X through XIV as Articles IX through XIII, respectively, and the renumbering of all remaining sections in this chapter.
