(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 1)
The police department shall consist of a chief and such captains, lieutenants, lieutenant inspectors, sergeants, inspectors and patrol persons as the mayor, and city council, shall authorize.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 2; A0173-12; amended C0282-16)
The police officers shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the city council, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law of the Commonwealth and the rules of the department of civil service.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 12)
Each regular police officer shall make note of all obstructions, nuisances and defects in the streets or ways, and if practicable, remove such as are unauthorized. When removal is impracticable the police officer shall notify the Officer-in-Charge immediately. The police officer shall make note of broken, unlighted or defective street lights. He shall make note of and report on all matters affecting the health or safety of the public, to the chief of police, or the Officer-in-Charge, who shall call the same to the attention of the mayor, or the proper administrative officer or department as the circumstances may require.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 13)
It shall be the duty of all police officers to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth, the laws and ordinances of the city, and do or perform such other acts as may be connected with their office or incidental thereto.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 14)
Each police officer shall report at the police station for roll call at least once on each assigned work day except that, for cause, the chief of police may excuse a member therefrom.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 15)
All police officers, except plainclothesmen, shall wear the prescribed police uniform and badge while on duty and any other equipment as may be prescribed by the chief of police.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 19; A0173-12)
The mayor may appoint, subject to confirmation by the city council, such special police officers to serve with or without pay, as he may designate, for special duty, and may limit their sphere of duty and their time of service. The persons so appointed shall be subject to the provisions of the city ordinances and laws of the Commonwealth, so far as the same are applicable, and to all rules and regulations prescribed for the administration of the police department, if and when they receive compensation as such officers, from the city.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 20)
The mayor may appoint clergymen to serve without pay as chaplains of the police department for a period of one (1) year from date of appointment.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 21; Ord. of 8-2-76; Ord. of 10-7-76; Ord. of 11-8-82)
(a) 
School traffic supervisor appointments, shall be made by the officer in charge of the traffic division, under the direction of the chief of police.
(b) 
Such traffic supervisors shall have the authority of regular police officers in the enforcement of M.G.L. Chapter 90 other laws, and the ordinances of the city relating to the control of vehicular traffic. They shall observe all the rules and regulations of the police department not inconsistent with their authority and duties. Such traffic supervisors shall be under the charge and direction of the chief of police.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 13, § 23)
The senior officer, next in rank to that of the chief of police, shall, in the absence of the chief, be in command of the police department. The salary and benefits shall be as the position he fills.
(A0198-11)
(a) 
Any permanent full-time police officer hired on or after January 1, 2012 shall establish his or her residency within the City of Everett within one hundred eighty (180) days of his or her date of hire, and at a minimum, shall remain a resident of the City through their seventh anniversary date of hire, at which time at such employee’s sole discretion, such employee may establish residency either within or outside of the City, provided however, the establishment of such residency is in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 99A.
(b) 
Each and every permanent full-time police officer hired on or after January 1, 2012, on each and every anniversary date of hire, through and including such employee’s seventh anniversary date, shall submit to such employee’s Department Chief and the City Personnel Department proof of residency within the City satisfactory to the Department Chief and Personnel Department.
(c) 
Any permanent full-time police officer employed by the City prior to January 1, 2012, including any such police officer, shall be exempt from this residency ordinance.
(d) 
Any permanent full-time police officer who wishes to laterally transfer into the City of Everett Police Department and who is employed by a Commonwealth of Massachusetts community which has adopted Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 31, and any permanent full-time police officer who has been Reduced In Force by such a community and whose name appears on the Chapter 31 rehire list shall be exempt from this residency ordinance.