[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of Trustees of the
Village of Slinger as Secs. 2.21, 2.23, 2.26, 3.01 to 3.05 and 9.25
of the former Municipal Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 56.
A.
Personnel. The Police Department shall consist of the Chief of Police
and such police officers as the Village Board may prescribe by ordinance
or resolution.
B.
Appointments. The Police Commission shall appoint the Chief of Police,
who shall hold office during good behavior. The Chief of Police shall
appoint and promote subordinates, subject to the approval of the Police
Commission. Such appointments and promotions shall be made from lists
of eligible persons prepared by the Commission in accordance with
state law.
C.
Salary. The Chief of Police and the police officers shall receive
a salary as fixed by the Village Board and shall not be entitled to
any other compensation.
A.
General powers and duties. Each officer of the Department shall possess
the powers conferred on marshals and constables by law; shall preserve
and protect the health, safety, public peace and order of the Village;
and shall enforce the laws and ordinances of the state and Village
subject to the orders, rules and regulations of the Chief, the Village
President and the Village Board.
B.
Powers of arrest. The Chief of Police and any police officer shall
arrest all persons 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 before the court having jurisdiction
thereof to be dealt with according to law.
C.
Assisting Fire Department. Whenever necessary, any police officer
shall assist the Fire Department in maintaining order at the scene
of a fire.
D.
Permits and licenses. The police officers shall ensure that the necessary
permits and license 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.
E.
Conditions of employment. The work week and uniform allowances, vacations,
sick leaves, holidays and other fringe benefits of police officers
shall be determined by the Village Board.
The Chief of Police shall prepare rules for the administration
of the Police Department, which rules shall be in full force upon
approval of the Village Board and shall outline the conditions of
employment in the Department. The Village Board and the Police Commission,
where applicable, may revise such rules.
The Police Department of the Village shall consist of the Chief
of Police and such other officers as the Village Board may authorize
from time to time.[1]
The Chief of Police shall have charge and custody of all lost,
stolen, abandoned and unclaimed property taken from prisoners or held
as evidence, and all other property coming into possession of the
Police Department, and he shall be responsible for the safekeeping,
accurate recording and proper disposition of the same.
Pursuant to the provisions of §§ 814.65(4)(b),
814.70, 814.705 and 814.71, Wis. Stats., the Village of Slinger Police
Department shall charge a service fee as set forth in the current
fee schedule when the Village police serve a warrant or commitment
order upon a person. The person served with the warrant or commitment
order shall be responsible for the payment of the warrant or commitment
order service fee. The service fee may be collected as a court cost
through the court.
A.
Multiple warrants. The Village of Slinger Police Department shall
charge a separate fee for each warrant or commitment order served
on a person.
B.
Disposition of fees. Upon collection by the court, all warrant or
commitment order service fees shall be forwarded by the court to the
Village Treasurer.
