[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lloyd 3-5-1986
by L.L. No. 1-1986. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to Article 10, § 150, of the Town Law of the State
of New York, the Town hereby establishes a Police Department. This Police
Department shall henceforth be known as the "Town of Lloyd Police Department."
An individual shall have the following qualifications to be appointed
Chief of Police of the Lloyd Police Department. He shall:
The Chief of Police shall:
A.
Be chief of operational activities of the Town Police
Department.
B.
Be a resident of the Town of Lloyd.
C.
Receive such compensation as provided by the Town Board.
D.
Be responsible for the planning and implementation of
all law enforcement responsibility conferred upon the members of the Department
of Law.
E.
Maintain the records of the operations of the Police
Department and shall report at least semiannually to the Town Board.
F.
Be the chief financial officer of the Police Department;
and all expenditures made by said Department shall have his written approval
upon a voucher stating the nature of the expense to be undertaken.
G.
Prepare an annual budget to be submitted to the Town
Board in the month of September of each year and, upon approval of the budget,
shall be responsible for the operation of the Police Department within the
limits of that budget.
H.
If extraordinary or unanticipated circumstances require
supplemental funds, advise the Town Board of the same and shall appear before
said Board.
I.
Be the custodian of all property belonging to the Police
Department and shall take all necessary steps to maintain and preserve the
same.
A.
There shall be the office of patrolman, which patrolman
shall have the full power of a policeman. Said patrolman shall be subject
to the direction of the Chief of Police. Said patrolman shall be appointed
by the Town Board in accordance with this chapter, the Town Law and other
appropriate provisions of the law as required. Said patrolman shall be paid
on a hourly basis as approved by the Town Board.
B.
No individual shall be appointed to the Police Department,
nor continue as a member thereof, who shall not be a citizen of the United
States, who has been convicted of a felony, who shall be unable to read and
write understandably the English language or who is less than 18 years of
age.
Upon taking office, the Chief of Police and all patrolmen shall be given
and shall sign the oath of office, to be filed with the Town Clerk.
Members of the Police Department shall act as police officers of the
Town of Lloyd. They shall enforce all federal, state and local laws and shall
be responsible for the control of traffic within the municipality.
The Town will fund the Police Department on an annual-budget basis beginning
in January of each year. To effectuate this, the Chief of Police must recommend
and the Town Board must approve the proposed police budget in time to be included
in the next year's Town budget. The Town shall, from time to time, pay salaries
and other fixed expenses. Other expenses shall be paid by the Town only after
the voucher is approved by the Chief of Police.
All equipment purchased by the Police Department will be the property
of the Lloyd Police Department and the Town of Lloyd. The Chief of Police
and members of the force shall have custody of vehicles and equipment and
shall be responsible for maintaining the same and keeping an accurate inventory
thereof. Such inventory shall be available upon request of the Town Board.
A.
The Town Board, at any time, by resolution, may establish
a Board of Police Commissioners for the Town and may appoint one Police Commissioner,
who shall, at the time of his appointment and throughout his term of office,
be an owner of records of real property in and an elector of the Town and
who shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of the Town Board.
In addition, the Town Board shall designate two Town Board members to serve
as Police Commissioners.
[Amended 2-15-1990 by L.L.
No. 1-1990]
B.
The Town Board may, by resolution at any time, abolish
such Police Commission, and thereupon the Town Board only shall exercise the
power conferred upon it.
The position of Constable of the Town of Lloyd is hereby abolished.
The Town Board shall employ temporary police officers to be known as "special
policemen" in accordance with Article 10, § 158, of the Town Law
of the State of New York, when in the public interest such as are determined
to be necessary or desirable.