A Police Department is established which shall consist of a
Chief of Police and not fewer than five captains, 16 lieutenants,
26 sergeants and 188 police officers (patrolmen and patrolwomen),
or such larger numbers as are deemed necessary by the Mayor, but,
in the event that any position in the Police Department, as hereby
established, becomes vacant because of death, resignation or retirement,
it shall be the prerogative of the Mayor to fill such opening or openings.
The Chief of Police is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
for the orderly use of alarm systems within the City. Such rules and
regulations may provide for the payment of fees or fines for the misuse
or malfunction of such alarms. Such fees and fines shall be reasonably
related to the cost incurred by the Police Department in responding
to alarms which are misused or malfunction. Such rules and regulations,
including, without limitation, any provisions with respect to such
fees and fines, shall be subject to the written approval of the Mayor.
Patrolmen shall, during such hours as the rules prescribe, patrol
the streets and other parts of the City as the Chief of Police shall
direct, to prevent danger from fire and to see that disturbances and
disorders are prevented and suppressed, and shall perform such other
duties as the Chief shall, from time to time, direct. They shall immediately
make a careful examination of every case of accident, personal injury
or injury to property coming to their notice, secure the names of
witnesses thereto, and make a full report thereof to the Chief, who,
if the liability or the property of the City is involved, shall forthwith
furnish the City Solicitor with a full report upon such cases together
with the names of the witnesses. They shall take notice of all obstructions,
nuisances and defects in the streets and, if authorized, shall remove
the same when practicable. They shall notice every streetlamp not
lighted at the proper time and shall immediately report the same to
the Chief.
All fees in any criminal case for the service of any criminal
process or any fee for service in behalf of the City received by the
Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department shall be paid
to the Treasurer/Collector.
If, in the opinion of the Mayor, the disability of a member
of the Police Department has become permanent, then MGL c. 32, § 83,
regarding pensioning of officers, may be put into operation.
Regular patrolmen shall not engage in police work for hire for
private parties, unless designated by the Chief of Police.
Whenever, by reason of sickness or absence from the City or
for any other cause, the Chief of Police shall be unable to perform
the duties of his office, the senior captain shall be in charge of
the Police Department during such absence or disability. When the
senior captain is so in charge of the Police Department, he shall
be respected and obeyed as Chief.
Whenever any member of the Police Department is required to
wear a uniform other than the regulation uniform prescribed in the
manual, such uniform shall be furnished by the City.
[Added 12-6-1999 by Order No. 99-188A]
A. Should Police Department personnel while on duty in service to the
Department be dispatched or caused to respond to an incident involving
crime resulting in an arrest, citation, application for a criminal
complaint or indictment against a person or property, including but
not limited to disturbing the peace, trespassing, underage drinking
or assault, at a particular property or location, the Chief of the
Department is hereby authorized and empowered to assign to such property
or location a member or members of the Department to staff such paid
police detail or details as the Chief of the Department deems appropriate
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the
City of Quincy.
B. Such assignment of a detail shall only occur after the following
procedures:
(1) The Department shall record the number of such incidents, and after
four such incidents in a twelve-month period, the Chief of the Department
shall cause a copy of this section to be sent by regular and certified
mail to the property owner or management company of record according
to the most recent records of the Assessors' office.
(2) After the eighth such incident in a twelve-month period, the Chief
of the Department, in his discretion, shall notify the property owner
by certified and regular mail of his decision to assign said detail
commencing seven days after the date of such notice.
(3) The property owner may request, in writing, a hearing before the
Chief of the Department within said seven days to appeal the Chief's
decision to assign a detail. The Chief of the Department shall, within
90 days of the enactment of this section, promulgate rules, procedures
and regulations relative to the same.
C. If, after termination by the Chief of the Department of a paid detail, Police Department personnel while on duty in service to the Department are again dispatched or caused to respond to an incident at a particular property as described in Subsection
A of this section, within 60 days of such termination, the Chief of the Department is hereby authorized and empowered to again assign a paid detail to such property or location as the Chief of the Department shall deem appropriate, following the procedure as set forth in Subsection
B of this section.
D. For the purposes of this section, "paid police detail" shall mean
one or more otherwise off-duty member or members of the Quincy Police
Department assigned by the Chief of the Department to a particular
property or location for the purpose of presence, monitoring, patrol,
supervision and otherwise acting to maintain the peace and good order
of and at the property or location to which such member or members
of the Police Department is or are assigned.
E. Paid police details shall be of a minimum of four hours in duration.
F. The member or members of the Police Department staffing such paid
police details shall be paid therefor at the rates set by the City
of Quincy or the Quincy Police Department, and such paid police details
shall be subject to such other rules and regulations of the Department
that pertain to police details other than as provided for under this
section.
G. The Chief of the Department or his designee shall keep an accurate
record of the number of paid police details assigned to a particular
property or location under this section and of the number of members
of the Department staffing such paid police details, and the Chief
of the Department or his designee shall forward such information to
the office of the Treasurer/Collector.
H. In addition to the other duties of the Treasurer/Collector, it shall
be the duty of and the Treasurer/Collector is hereby authorized and
empowered to bill to the record owner of the particular property or
location the costs of such paid police details assigned thereto, pursuant
to MGL c. 40, § 58.
I. Fees for police details.
[Amended 12-5-2011 by Order No. 2011-149]
(1) Fees for police details must be paid within 30 days after the issuance
of a bill. In the event that such charges remain unpaid after the
expiration of the 30 days, interest will accrue at a rate equivalent
to that assessed for unpaid taxes pursuant to the provisions of MGL
c. 59, § 57, as said provision may from time to time be
amended. A late fee equal to 10% of the billable detail cost shall
also be assessed.
(2) The Police Chief may develop a policy assuring timely payment of
such fees, including but not limited to requirement of a deposit or
escrow of funds sufficient to cover such obligations.
J. All amounts so collected by the Treasurer/Collector shall be deposited
into the general fund of the City and used to pay the member or members
of the Department for the service rendered in staffing the paid police
details provided for pursuant to this section.
The Communications Division is established, under the direct
supervision of the Chief of Police. The Division shall be responsible
for the planning, installation and maintenance of all radio and communications
equipment within the Department. The employees of the Division shall
not be considered as members of the uniformed police.