The purpose and intent of this division is ratifying the establishment
and reaffirming prior actions of the governing body to secure the
general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city by:
(1) Explicitly
creating a police department and outlining both its authority and
jurisdiction.
(2) Explicitly
creating the position of chief of police to oversee and manage the
police department.
(3) Outlining
the duties of both the chief of police and officers.
(Ordinance 003-O-2019, sec. 1, adopted 2/12/19)
There is hereby ratified prior municipal government establishment
and creation of a police department of the city, at the head of which
shall be the chief of police. The police department shall be composed
of the chief of police and other officers and employees as the city
council may provide. The jurisdiction of the department shall be the
corporate limits of the city and that property lying outside the city
limits which is owned by the city.
(Ordinance 003-O-2019, sec. 2(1),
adopted 2/12/19)
No person will be certified as a police officer who has not
complied with the basic requirements established by the state for
police officers and by the city acting through the chief of police.
(Ordinance 003-O-2019, sec. 2(2),
adopted 2/12/19)
(a) The
police department of the city shall consist of the chief of police
and such members as the city council may provide.
(b) The
chief of police shall be appointed by the mayor after a vote by city
council for approval.
(c) The
chief of police shall carry out the functions of the police department
relating to public safety and enforcement of ordinances, state and
federal laws; organize the police department of the city in conformity
with the laws of the state and ordinances of the city; and shall promulgate
policies, procedures, rules, directives, and orders for the administration
of the department including but not limited to discipline within the
department.
(Ordinance 003-O-2019, sec. 2(3),
adopted 2/12/19)
(a) Individual
officers constituting the city police department are invested with
all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under
the laws of the state. Inherent with this power and authority is the
obligation to preserve the peace, to enforce the ordinances and regulations
of the city, the laws of the state and of the United States, to take
legal custody of offenders and to secure the citizens from violence.
(b) All
personnel of the police department shall be bound by the most current
directives, orders, rules, regulations and procedures for the operation
of the police department as may be promulgated or as hereafter amended
by the chief of police, and failure to abide thereby shall subject
the violating personnel to such disciplinary action as may be determined
by the chief of police within the limits of state law and city ordinances.
(Ordinance 003-O-2019, sec. 2(4),
adopted 2/12/19)