[Adopted as Ch. 2.34 of the 1997 Code]
There is created a Police Department for the City, which shall
consist of a Chief of Police and such other policemen or patrolmen
as may be needed, the amount to be determined from time to time by
the City Council. The Police Chief and all members of the Department
shall be employees of the City.
[Amended 2000 by Ord. No. 1895; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
The following official ranks for purposes of salary, job description,
and individual job responsibility in the order of the highest to the
least, respectively, are created: Colonel, Captain, Lieutenant, Detective
Sergeant, Sergeant, Detective, Patrolman, and Probationary Patrolman.
[Amended 2001 by Ord. No. 1912; 8-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2285; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Police Department residency requirements shall conform to current
collective bargaining agreements.
A.
Job description. Until otherwise provided by City ordinance, the
job descriptions and individual responsibilities of the City Police
Department officers and employees shall be as are, from time to time,
determined by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the duly appointed
and acting Chief of Police of the City.
C.
Office of Chief of Police.
(1)
There
is created the Office of Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall
be appointed by the Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the
City Council.
(2)
In
addition to any powers and duties of the Chief of Police provided
by ordinance, the Chief of Police shall have such powers and duties
which are not assigned by ordinance to some other municipal officer
as the Mayor shall from time to time prescribe.
Each member of the Police Department, upon assuming his employment,
shall take oath and execute a bond, with surety to be approved by
the City Council, for the faithful performance of his duties.
A.
Jurisdiction.
The Chief of Police shall have direct supervision of all policemen,
patrolmen and watchmen, except as provided in this article, and they
shall be subject to his direction and control.
B.
Custodial
functions. The Chief of Police shall be the custodian of all property
provided by the City for the use of the Police Department. He/She
shall also be the custodian of all stolen goods and all other property
received and retained under police authority.
C.
Reassignment.
If a member of the Police Department is appointed to the office of
Chief of Police, prior to being eligible to retire on pension, he/she
shall be considered on furlough from the rank he/she held immediately
prior to his appointment to the office of Chief of Police, without
regard to duration in rank before appointment to the office of Chief
of Police; and should he/she resign as Chief of Police, or be discharged
prior to attaining eligibility to retire on pension, he/she shall
revest to and be established in such prior rank, and thereafter be
entitled to all the benefits and emoluments of such prior rank, without
regard to whether a vacancy then exists in such rank.
D.
Monthly
and annual reports. The Chief of Police shall make to the City Council,
monthly and annually, a report in writing of the doings of his Department
since the last report.
The Mayor may, when advisable, employ suitable persons as special
policemen for the City, who shall take the oath required of other
police employees. Such special police shall possess the same power
and authority as other employees of the regular Police Department
and shall be employed until their employment is revoked by the Mayor.
[Added 3-21-2011 by Ord.
No. 2858; amended 6-4-2012 by Ord. No. 2952; 7-3-2017 by Ord. No. 3335]
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council,
may appoint part-time police officers in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-21.
The appointment and employment of such part-time police officers shall
be subject to the following provisions:
A.
Any person employed as a part-time police officer must meet the following
standards:
(1)
Be of good moral character, of temperate habits, of sound health,
and physically and mentally able to perform assigned duties.
(2)
Be at least 21 years of age.
(3)
Pass a medical examination.
(4)
Possess a high school diploma or GED certificate.
(5)
Possess a valid State of Illinois driver's license.
(6)
Possess no prior felony convictions.
(7)
Any individual who has served in the U.S. military must have been
honorably discharged.
B.
Part-time police officers shall be interviewed by the Chief of Police,
Deputy Chief of Police, and/or the City Administrator.
C.
Part-time police officers shall be qualified to enter and must successfully
complete any training mandated by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
and Standards Board.
E.
Part-time police officers may be discharged by the Mayor, upon the
recommendation of the Chief of Police or the City Administrator, with
the consent of the City Council.
F.
Part-time police officers shall be governed by the same rules, regulations,
policies and directives as full-time members of the Police Department,
except that part-time police officers shall not be subject to any
portion of any collective bargaining agreement.
G.
Part-time police officers shall not be assigned, under any circumstances,
to supervise or direct full-time police officers.
H.
Part-time police officers shall not be used as permanent replacements
for permanent full-time police officers.
I.
Part-time police officers shall not be required to reside within
the City limits of the City of Columbia.
J.
Any person employed as a part-time police officer shall not work
more than 1,000 hours in a calendar year.
A.
Generally.
The several members of the police force, when on duty, shall devote
their entire time and attention to their duties according to the provisions
of the Code of the City and the rules and regulations of the Police
Department. They shall, to the best of their abilities, preserve order,
quiet and peace throughout the City and enforce all the ordinances
of the City.
B.
Complaints
against violators; preparations for prosecutions. When it shall come
to the knowledge of any policeman that any City ordinance has been
violated, such policeman shall forthwith cause a complaint to be made
before a judge and procure the proper witnesses and evidence for the
successful prosecution of the offender.
C.
Cooperation
within Department. All policemen shall render prompt and efficient
aid to each other in the discharge of their duties.
A.
Arrest
and detention. The Chief of Police and each policeman of the City
shall have the power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without
process, all persons who shall be found in the act of committing a
breach of the peace, or shall be found violating any provisions of
this Code, or other ordinance of the City, or any criminal law of
the state and may commit such persons so arrested for examination,
and, if necessary, detain them in custody overnight or Sunday in the
City prison or other safe place, until they can be brought before
the proper judge.
B.
Service
of warrants. All warrants for the violation of this Code and other
ordinances, and all criminal warrants to whomsoever directed shall
be served and executed within the corporate limits of the City by
the Chief of Police or by any policeman designated by the Chief of
Police.
C.
Fees
to City Clerk. All fees collected by any policeman shall be turned
over to the City Clerk immediately upon collection.
D.
Search
warrants. Whenever the Chief of Police or any policeman is satisfied
that there is reasonable cause for searching any house, building,
apartment, room, or place for property that has been stolen, embezzled
or fraudulently obtained or for counterfeit or spurious money, or
tools, machinery or materials for making the same, or for gaming apparatus,
or implements used or kept and provided to be used in unlawful gaming,
it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or a policeman to swear
out a search warrant for the search of such premises, as provided
by state law.
The Chief of Police shall provide a suitable police record to
be kept at the police headquarters in which each policeman making
an arrest shall enter the name of the person arrested, where arrested,
and on what charge, what property, if any, was taken or found on such
person, and how disposed of, and also record his own name as the policeman
making the arrest.
No member of the Police Department shall absent himself from
the City while on duty without permission from the Chief of Police
or the Mayor.
In case of absence of the Chief of Police, the Mayor shall designate
some other member of the police force to assume the duties of the
Chief of Police, who shall be termed "Acting Chief" and shall possess
all the power and authority of the Chief of Police.
Any policeman of the City shall have the power to call upon
any person over the age of 21 years to aid him/her in the arrest of
or in retaking into custody any person having committed any unlawful
act, or to aid in preventing the commission of any unlawful act, and
no such person shall neglect or refuse to give such aid or assistance
when so requested by any such policeman.
