[Amended 12-6-1990]
There is hereby established and created as an executive and enforcement function of the municipal government of the Township of Elk, a police force, which shall constitute a department of the Township of Elk and shall be known as "the Elk Township Police Department."
[Amended 4-1-2010 by Ord. No. O-2010-17]
A. 
The Police Department shall consist of the following positions:
[Amended 11-4-2021 by Ord. No. O-14-2021]
(1) 
One - Police Chief.
(2) 
One - Lieutenant.
(3) 
One - Detective Sergeant.
(4) 
Two - Sergeants.
(5) 
Patrolmen.
B. 
In the event that the position of Chief of Police is vacated as a result of death, illness, incapacity or any other reason, the Lieutenant shall temporarily assume the position of Acting Chief of Police. In the event there is more than one Lieutenant, the Chief shall be designated by Township Committee.
C. 
The Chief of Police shall be the executive and supervisory officer of the Police Department and is responsible to the Township Committee of the Township of Elk.
D. 
Officers of the Department shall rank in the order set forth above, the rank seniority shall be determined by date of advancement to that rank.
E. 
The senior ranking officer on duty on any shift shall be in charge of the Department during the shift unless relieved by an officer of higher rank, who shall thereupon sign an entry in the blotter to that effect.
[Amended 12-6-1990; 5-1-2003 by Ord. No. O-9-2003; 4-1-2010 by Ord. No. O-2010-17]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, the Township Committee of the Township of Elk is hereby designated as the appropriate authority for the maintenance, regulation and control of the Police Department and which shall be authorized to adopt and promulgate by ordinance rules and regulations and shall establish and enforce standard operating procedures for the government of the Police Department and for the discipline of its members and which shall constitute the hearing tribunal under the above-referenced statute. The line of authority relating to the police function in the Township of Elk shall consist of an unbroken line extending from the Township Committee through the Public Safety Director and Public Safety Committee (with such powers as shall be delegated to said Public Safety Director and Public Safety Committee by the ordinances and resolutions of the Township Committee or otherwise delegated by the Township Committee), through the Chief of Police down to the level of execution and vice versa. The Chief of Police shall be the head of the Police Department and shall be directly responsible to the Township Committee as the appropriate authority, for the efficiency and routine day-to-day operations thereof, and the said Chief of Police shall perform the duties prescribed by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118 and otherwise authorized by state law or by policies established by the Township Committee.