[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Walhalla 3-22-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-9. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The Police Department of the City of Walhalla shall consist
of a Chief and such other number of police officers as the Council
may from time to time determine necessary to provide adequate police
protection for the City.
All members of the Police Department shall be invested generally
with all the powers, duties and responsibilities of constable within
the corporate limits of the City of Walhalla or its police jurisdiction
and such other powers, duties and responsibilities as may be from
time to time conferred upon them by the Council and the South Carolina
General Assembly. It shall be the duty of every police officer to
enforce all provisions of this Code and perform such other duties
as the Council may designate.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The Chief of Police shall at all times be recognized and respected
by members of the Police Department as their commander and superior
officer, and they shall obey all orders of the Chief. In the event
of the temporary absence or disability of the Chief, an Acting Chief
will be appointed, who shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities
of the Chief.
The police officers of the City, whenever necessary in the discharge
of their duty, shall have authority to call the "posse comitatus"
of the City to their assistance. Any person who may be so called to
the assistance of any police officer shall respond to such call and
render such lawful assistance as may be required. It shall be unlawful
for any person to fail, neglect or refuse to respond to any such call
when made.[1]
