[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Grafton as Title 2, Ch. 2.36, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Police Department of the Village shall consist of the Chief
of Police and three regular patrol officers, and such other police
officers as the Village Board may from time to time appoint.
The Chief of Police and the police officers of the Village shall
receive a salary as fixed by the Village Board. All fees, bail deposits
and other special remuneration or funds collected or received by the
Department or any officer thereof shall be deposited with the Village
Director of Administrative Services not later than the succeeding
business day.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1.01, Code
Adoption)]
The members of the Police Department of the Village shall be
selected by the Police and Fire Commission, subject to the approval
of a majority of the members of the Village Board, and shall serve
at the pleasure of the Village Board.
A.
General duties and powers. Each officer of the Department shall possess
the powers conferred by law on village marshals and constables, shall
preserve the public peace and enforce the laws and ordinances of the
state and Village, and shall obey the orders, rules and regulations
of the Chief.
B.
Power of arrest. The Chief of Police and every police officer shall
have full power and authority, and it shall be their duty, to arrest
all persons within the Village found in the act of violating any law
of the state or ordinance of the Village, or aiding or abetting in
such violation, and to arrest without warrant any person who they
have reason to believe has violated any law or ordinance and who will
not be apprehended unless immediately arrested, and shall take all
arrested persons in charge and confine them, and shall within a reasonable
time bring such persons before the court of competent jurisdiction.
The Village President and Trustees shall have and exercise the
powers of peace officers and may summarily suppress any riotous or
disorderly conduct in the streets or public places of the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 2.36.060, Retirement of
police officers, as amended, which immediately followed this section,
was repealed 11-17-2014 by Ord. No. 019-2014.
