[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Flossmoor as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Emergency services — See Ch.
33.
[Adopted as Ch. 5 of the 1964 Code]
[Amended 9-07-1999 by FMC-354]
There is hereby created a Police Department, an executive department
of the Village. The Police Department shall consist of the Chief of
Police, who shall be ex officio Village Marshal, a Deputy Chief, such
number of Sergeants, such number of patrol officers, and such other
members as may be provided for from time to time by the Mayor and
Board of Trustees.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
It shall be the duty of the sworn members of the Police Department
to see to the enforcement of all ordinances of the Village and of
all statutes effective in the Village, and to preserve order and prevent
infractions of the law and to arrest violators thereof. Every sworn
member of the Police Department is hereby declared to be a conservator
of the peace.
There is hereby created the Office of Chief of Police, who shall
be appointed by the Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the
Board of Trustees.
The Chief of Police shall be keeper of the Village jail, and
shall have custody of all persons incarcerated therein. He shall keep
such records and make such reports concerning the activities of his
Department as may be required by statute or ordinance. He shall be
responsible for the performance by the Police Department of all its
functions, and all persons who are members of the Department shall
serve subject to the orders of the Chief of Police.
The Chief of Police shall be custodian of all lost, abandoned
or stolen property in the Village.
The Chief of Police shall be authorized to serve writs, summons,
and other processes, but no patrol officers shall serve any such summons
or processes except on the order of the Chief of Police or of the
Mayor.
It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Department
to conduct himself in a proper and law-abiding manner and to avoid
the use of unnecessary force.
[Amended 11-5-1973 by FMC-45; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
A. Every member of the Police Department shall appear as a witness whenever
this is necessary in a prosecution for a violation of a Village ordinance
or a state or federal law. Any such member shall receive witness fees
for such services in any suit to which the Village is a party.
B. All witness fees collected by an officer will be surrendered to the
Chief of Police who shall deposit them with the Village Treasurer.
All officers shall be paid at the appropriate rate of pay.
[Amended 8-5-2013 by FMC-462; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
The Chief of Police may make or prescribe such rules and regulations
for the guidance of the members of the Police Department as he shall
see fit; such rules, when approved by the Mayor and Board of Trustees,
shall be binding on such members.
[Amended 9-7-1999 by FMC-354]
There is hereby created the position of Deputy Chief, who shall
be appointed by and serve at the discretion of the Chief of Police.
The Deputy Chief is an exempt position which ranks immediately below
that of the Chief of Police. The Deputy Chief may be appointed from
any rank of sworn, full-time officers of the Village, but must have
at least five years full-time service as a police officer in the Village.
[Added 1-21-2003 by FMC-382; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
All full-time Police Department employees who are appointed
by the Fire and Police Commission shall establish residency within
30 miles of the Village of Flossmoor prior to completion of their
probationary period.
[Adopted as Ch. 8, Art. V, of the 1964 Code]
The place in the Village heretofore established and used as
the jail, or any other place which may be hereafter used for that
purpose, as is hereby declared to be the Village jail.
The jail shall be used for the incarceration of all persons
arrested for violating any law of the State of Illinois, the United
States or any Village ordinance until such person shall be lawfully
brought before a judge for a hearing or until such person shall be
lawfully transferred to some other place of incarceration or otherwise
lawfully released.
It shall be unlawful for any person to escape, attempt to escape,
or to assist any prisoner to escape or attempt to escape from jail.
It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate with any
prisoner held in the jail without the permission of the Chief of Police
or the police officer in charge.