Article IX Police Department

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Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
Ord. No. 26-040 pdf	2026-05-19	Departments: Special Events and Communications Department Amendment; Communications and Marketing Department	Ch 120, Ch 120 Art XIV

Section 120.190 Department Established — Chief Of Police. [1]

[R.O. 2011 § 120.190; R.O. 2009 § 32.120; CC 1981 § 2-160; Ord. No. 91-51, 3-8-1991; Ord. No. 93-190, 9-8-1993; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]

There shall be a Police Department, the Director of which shall be the Chief of Police appointed by the Mayor and City Council in accordance with Section 4.3(e) of the City Charter. For the purposes of designating smoking and non-smoking areas pursuant to State law, the Chief of Police shall have charge of the buildings used as the Police Department and as the Municipal Court. The Police Department shall have the powers and duties prescribed by the City Charter and as may be prescribed by this Code and any other applicable ordinance of the City.

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Cross Reference: As to Police Department, Ch. 200.

Section 120.200 Services Of Department. [1]

[R.O. 2011 § 120.200; R.O. 2009 § 32.121; CC 1981 § 2-161; Ord. No. 91-51, 3-8-1991; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]

There shall be within the Police Department the following services: Administrative Service, Patrol Service, Traffic Service, Detective Service and Communication Service. The Director of the Department shall have the authority to create additional Services or Subdivisions of the foregoing services of the Department in order to conduct the business of the Police Department. Such services shall be described as to function and the duty of such Subdivision heads or section heads shall be described in writing, subject to the approval of the Mayor. Any reserve Police force shall be under the supervision of the Police Department.

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Cross Reference: As to Police Department, Ch. 200.