[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Coal City as §§ 33.1 through 33.12 of the 1984 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-26-1999 by Ord. No. 99-2]
There is created a Police Department, an executive department
of this Village under the supervision of the Trustee of Public Health
and Safety. The Police Department shall consist of the Superintendent
of Police, who is the Chief of the Police Department, and the Department
shall also consist of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, and patrol
officers as may be provided from time to time by the Village Board.
[Amended 7-10-1995 by Ord. No. 95-20; 4-26-1999 by Ord. No. 99-2; 10-25-1999 by Ord. No. 99-17]
There is created the office of Chief of Police. The Chief shall
be appointed by the President with the consent of the Village Board.
He or she shall be ex officio Village Marshal and Superintendent of
Police. The term of appointment for the Chief of Police shall be determined
by the Board but shall not, in any case, exceed the term of the President
then holding office.
Before entering upon his or her duties, the Marshal shall file
with the Village Clerk a bond in the sum of $1,000, with sureties
approved by the Village Board, conditioned to indemnify the Village
for any loss or liability due to or occasioned by any act or failure
to act on the part of the Chief of Police.
[Amended 7-10-1995 by Ord. No. 95-20; 4-26-1999 by Ord. No. 99-2; 11-27-2000 by Ord. No. 00-20]
The duties of the Chief of Police shall be as follows:
A.
The Chief of Police shall supervise responsibility for police officers
and dispatchers.
B.
The Chief of Police shall oversee scheduling of officers and dispatchers,
distribute overtime in a fair and equitable manner, and schedule officers
and dispatchers in a fair manner, giving some weekends off to all
employees.
C.
The Chief of Police shall hire part-time police officers with the
advice and consent of the President and Village Board and in accordance
with all applicable state statutes and administrative requirements.
D.
The Chief of Police shall hire dispatchers, both full-time and part-time,
with the advice and consent of the President and Village Board and
in accordance with all applicable state statutes and administrative
requirements.
E.
The Chief of Police shall prepare annual written evaluations of all
Police Department employees, whether full-time or part-time. The evaluations
shall be completed in writing and reviewed with the employee. The
Chief of Police shall be responsible to see that the receipt of the
evaluation is acknowledged by the employee. These evaluations shall
be done for both police officers and dispatchers on an annual basis,
based upon the hire date of each employee. Personnel records of each
employee of the Police Department shall be maintained at the Village
Hall by the Village Clerk, and not by the Chief of Police.
F.
The Chief of Police shall be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
G.
The Chief of Police shall supervise training of all police officers
and dispatchers and shall be responsible to see that all required
training is completed.
H.
The Chief of Police shall not maintain any part-time employment without
the prior consent of the Village Board.
It shall be the duty of the members of the Police Department
to see to the enforcement of all of the ordinances of the Village
and all statutes applicable herein and to preserve order, prevent
infractions of the law, and arrest violators thereof.
No member of the Police Department, except the Chief, shall
serve any process except on command of the Chief of the Police Department.
It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Department
to conduct himself or herself in a proper and law-abiding manner at
all times and to avoid the use of unnecessary force. Each member of
the Department shall obey the orders and directions of his or her
superior.
Every member of the Police Department shall appear as witness
whenever this is necessary in a prosecution for a violation of an
ordinance or of any state or federal law. No member shall retain any
witness fee for service as witness in any action or suit to which
the Village is a party. Any fees for such services shall be turned
over to the Chief, who shall deposit the same with the Village Treasurer.
The Chief of the Police Department may make or prescribe such
rules and regulations for the conduct and guidance of the members
of the Department as he or she shall deem advisable. These rules,
when approved by the Village Board, shall be binding on the members.
The respective rank and grade of the members as to superiority within
the Department may be prescribed by regulation.
[Amended 4-26-1999 by Ord. No. 99-2]
Any person of good character having duties which require it
may be appointed an auxiliary police officer by the President; provided
that except upon authorization of the Village Board, no auxiliary
police officer shall be entitled to any compensation from the Village
nor shall an auxiliary police officer be considered an official of
the Village by reason of the appointment. Auxiliary police officers
shall obey all rules of the Police Department applicable to them and
may be deprived of their appointment by the Chief at any time.
The Chief of Police shall have the custody of all lost, abandoned,
or stolen property recovered in the Village.
[Amended 11-12-1990 by Ord. No. 90-15; 7-10-1995 by Ord. No. 95-18; 11-27-1995 by Ord. No. 95-29; 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 03-24; 2-22-2010 by Ord. No.
10-05]
A.
Any police officer employed by the Village, either at the time of
his or her appointment or while serving as such police officer, may
reside outside the corporate limits of the Village.
B.
Any full-time police officer employed by the Village shall be given
one year from the date of his or her hire to establish residence within
20 miles of the Coal City Village Hall. A full-time police officer
may live within any portion of a municipality which falls within the
aforementioned guideline, regardless of the actual distance between
one's residence and Village Hall. This residency requirement
shall not apply to part-time police officers.
C.
The Village Board may, in its discretion, include in any contract
of employment with the Chief of Police a provision waiving or limiting
the residency requirement of the Police Chief. This provision shall
not apply to any other member of the Police Department.
[Added 12-22-1997 by Res. No. 97-5]
The Village shall withhold social security taxes from wages
paid to all employees of the Police Department.
[Added 4-26-2004 by Ord. No. 04-09]
A.
Established. There is hereby created and established a Police Pension Fund in and for the Village in accordance with ILCS Ch. 40, Act 5, § 3-101 et seq. (Article 3 of the Illinois Pension Code).
B.
BOARD
POLICE
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions
shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
The Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund.
All full-time police officers or full-time police officers
entitled to participate in the benefits of the Police Pension Fund
as provided by Article 3 of the Illinois Pension Code.
C.
Board duties. The rights, powers, duties, and functions of the Board
and the members thereof, as such, and the rights and benefits of the
various beneficiaries of the Police Pension Fund shall be and are
hereby declared to be in accordance with the law and particularly
of Article 3 of the Illinois Pension Code and all amendments thereof.
D.
The Board shall be appointed and elected as therein provided and
shall exercise such powers and perform such duties that shall be required
of them by law. All monies and securities belonging to said fund shall
be held by the Village Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board
of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund. An annual list of beneficiaries
and report of funds shall be made as required by law. Members of the
Board of Trustees of the Pension Fund shall serve without compensation.
[Added 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23]
A.
Employment. The Village of Coal City may employ part-time police
officers from time to time as it deems necessary.
B.
Duties. A part-time police officer shall have all the responsibilities
of a full-time police officer and such specific duties as delineated
in the General Order of the Coal City Police Department, but the number
of hours a part-time officer may work within a calendar year is restricted.
Part-time police officers shall not be assigned to supervise or direct
full-time police officers. Part-time police officers shall be trained
in accordance with the Illinois Police Training Act (50 ILCS 705/1
et seq.) and the rules and requirements of the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training Standards Board (ILETSB).
C.
Hiring standards. Any person employed as a part-time police officer
must meet the following standards:
(1)
Be of good moral character, of temperate habits, of sound health,
and physically and mentally able to perform assigned duties.
(2)
Be at least 21 years of age.
(3)
Pass a medical examination.
(4)
Possess a high school diploma or GED certificate.
(5)
Possess a valid State of Illinois driver's license.
(6)
Possess no prior felony convictions.
(7)
Any individual who has served in the U.S. military must have been
honorably discharged.
D.
Discipline. Part-time officers shall be under the disciplinary jurisdiction
of the Chief of Police. Part-time police officers serve at the discretion
of the Village authorities, shall not have any property rights in
said employment, and may be removed by the Village at any time. Part-time
police officers shall comply with all applicable rules and General
Orders issued by the Police Department.
[Added 10-24-2011 by Res.
No. 11-18]
A.
The Village
hereby prohibits any law enforcement agency operating within its jurisdiction
from using excessive force against any individuals engaged in nonviolent
civil rights demonstrations. In addition, the Village agrees to enforce
any applicable state or local laws against physically barring entrances to
or exits from a facility or location that is the subject of a nonviolent
protest demonstration. The Village further pledges enforcement of
this policy within its jurisdiction and encourages any individual
or group who or which feels that the Village has not complied with
this policy to file a complaint.
B.
Information
and assistance relative to excessive force complaints shall be provided
by:
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Village Administrator
Coal City Village Hall
515 South Broadway
Coal City, IL 60416
815-634-8608
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