[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Blanchardville 8-31-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03 (Ch. 4 of the 2003
Municipal Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 46.
A.
Personnel. The Police Department shall consist of the Police Officer
in Charge and such additional police officers as the Village Board
may prescribe by ordinance or resolution.
B.
Salaries. The Police Officer in Charge and any other police officers
shall receive salaries as fixed by the Village Board and shall not
be entitled to any other compensation.
C.
Disposition of fees. All fees, bail deposits and other special remuneration
or funds collected or received by the Department or any officers thereof
shall be deposited with the Clerk of Courts or the Clerk-Treasurer
not less than weekly.
D.
Tenure of Police Officer in Charge and other police officers. After
a six-month probationary period, the Police Officer in Charge and
all other police officers shall hold office during good behavior,
subject to suspension or removal for cause by the Police Committee.
A.
The Police Officer in Charge shall possess the powers, enjoy the
privileges and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed
by law upon marshals and constables.
B.
He or she shall exercise supervisory control over all the personnel
of the Police Department and may adopt, subject to the approval of
the Village Board, rules and regulations for the government, discipline,
equipment and uniforms of police officers.
C.
He or she shall obey all lawful written orders of the Village President
and the Village Board.
D.
He or she shall cause the public peace to be preserved and see that
all laws and ordinances of the Village and the state are enforced
and, whenever any violation thereof shall come to his knowledge, he
shall cause the requisite complaint to be made and see that the evidence
is procured for the successful prosecution of the offender.
E.
He or she shall exercise supervisory control over all personnel of
the Police Department.
F.
He or she shall be solely responsible for the care and condition
of the equipment used by the Police Department.
G.
He or she shall keep an accurate and complete record of all complaints,
arrests, traffic violations, convictions and dispositions of the Police
Department.
H.
He or she shall submit a monthly report to the Village Board of activities
and transactions of the Police Department during the preceding month.
A.
General powers and duties. Each officer of the Department shall possess
the powers conferred on marshals and constables by law, shall preserve
the public peace and shall enforce the laws and ordinances of the
state and the Village, subject to the orders, rules and regulations
of the Police Officer in Charge, the Village President and the Village
Board.
B.
Power of arrest. The Police Officer in Charge and any other police
officer of the Village shall arrest any person in the Village found
in the act of violating any law or ordinance of the Village or state
or aiding or abetting in such violation, and they shall arrest, without
warrant, all persons whom they have reasonable grounds to believe
have violated any law or ordinance and who will not be apprehended
unless immediately arrested, shall take all arrested persons in charge
and confine them, and shall within a reasonable time bring such persons
before the court having jurisdiction thereof to be dealt with according
to law.
C.
Reporting dangerous conditions. The Police Officer in Charge and
any other police officer of the Village shall report all street and
sidewalk obstructions, unlighted street lamps, unlawful street signs
or signals and defective or dangerous streets and sidewalks to the
Director of Public Works.
D.
Assisting Fire Department. Whenever necessary, any police officer
shall assist the Fire Department in maintaining order at the scene
of a fire.
E.
Permits and licenses. The police officers shall ensure that the necessary
permits and licenses issued by the state or the Village are in the
possession of or are properly displayed by any person engaged in an
activity or business within the Village for which a permit or license
is required and that the terms of such license or permit are complied
with.
In accordance with §§ 66.0313 and 66.0513, Wis.
Stats., and policies established by the Village Board, the Police
Officer in Charge and any other police officers of the Village may
respond to requests for police from Lafayette, Green and Iowa Counties
or any municipality or town within said counties, and may request
said jurisdictions to provide police personnel to the Village.[1]
