[R.O. 2012 § 200.010; CC 1981 § 200.010; Ord. No. 809 § 11A, 5-5-1980]
The qualified voters of the City of Portageville shall elect
some suitable person as Police Chief of said City, who shall hold
his/her office for the term of four (4) years and until his/her successor
is elected, commissioned and qualified. No person shall be elected
to the office of Police Chief who is not a qualified voter of the
City of Portageville and a resident thereof for six (6) months next
preceding his/her election and who has not attained the age of twenty-five
(25) years.
[Ord. No. 1307, 3-1-2021]
A. The
person holding the office of Chief of Police shall also hold the position
of Portageville Safety Officer and shall perform the duties prescribed
therefore in addition to his/her duties as Chief of Police.
B. The
compensation for the Portageville Safety Officer shall be five hundred
dollars ($500.00) per month and shall be in addition to the salary
prescribed for the Chief of Police.
[R.O. 2012 § 200.020]
The Police Chief shall have power at all times to make or order
an arrest, with proper process, for any offense against the laws of
the City or of the State, and to keep the offender in the City prison
or other proper place to prevent his/her escape until a trial can
be had before the proper officer, unless such offender shall give
a good and sufficient bond for his/her appearance for trial. The Police
Chief shall also have power to make arrests without process, in all
cases in which any offenses against the laws of the City or of the
State shall be committed in his/her presence.
[R.O. 2012 § 200.030; CC 1981 § 200.140; Ord. No. 666 § 2, 1-26-1968]
The Assistant Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Mayor,
by and with the advice and consent of a majority of all of the members
elected to the Board of Aldermen, and said Assistant Chief of Police
shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of all of the members elected
to the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2012 § 200.040]
The Police of the City may be appointed in such numbers, for
such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. They
shall have power to serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas, writs
or other process and to make arrests in the same manner as the Police
Chief. They may exercise such powers in areas leased or owned by the
municipality outside of the boundaries of such municipality. The Police
Chief and Policemen shall be conservators of the peace and shall be
active and vigilant in the preservation of good order within the City.