The police department shall consist of a chief of police and such subordinate officers and personnel as are necessary to enforce the laws and keep the peace within the city.
(Ord. 64 § 2, 1961)
All subordinate police officers shall report to the chief of police each day as to events occurring while such officers are on duty, and all other information pertaining to general police regulations in the city which come to their notice.
(Ord. 64 § 3, 1961)
The chief of police shall report to the city manager in writing without delay any dereliction of duty or misbehavior of any police officer, and shall attend upon any and all investigations that may be held by the city manager touching the conduct of any police officer.
(Ord. 64 § 4, 1961; Amended during 1944 codification)
A. 
The city desires to qualify to receive aid from the state of California under provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 4, Part 4 of the California Penal Code.
B. 
The city will, while receiving aid from the state of California, adhere to the standards of recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
(Ord. 90 §§ 1, 2, 1963)
It shall be the duty of each and every member of the police department to enforce impartially all the laws and statutes of the United States and of the state of California, all ordinances of the county of Orange and the city of Los Alamitos within the limits of this city and to perform such other and further duties as by statute and ordinance now existing or hereafter enacted that may be imposed upon them in their capacity as peace officers.
(Ord. 64 § 8, 1961)
Each and every member of the police department is authorized to make arrests and detain prisoners in all cases where a peace officer is so authorized under the laws of the state of California.
(Ord. 64 § 9, 1961)
It is unlawful for any person to wilfully make to the police department, or any officer in the department, any false, misleading or unfounded report for the purpose of interfering with the operation of the department or officer, or for the purpose of inducing or causing to be issued to complaint or indictment against any person, firm or corporation. If such report be so filed, it shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth by the laws of the state of California.
(Ord. 64 § 10, 1961)
The chief of police is authorized to appoint qualified reserve officers to the status of peace officer. Such appointment shall be made only for reserve officers who have met the training requirements established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for a Level 1 Reserve Police Officer. Any such appointment shall be for temporary purposes only and is revocable at will by the chief of police. No reserve officer shall, by reason of such appointment, acquire any rights to permanent status as a peace officer.
(Ord. 416 § 1, 1981)
When any loud or unruly assemblage occurs or is held, and the city's police officers are required to respond to the scene in response to citizen complaints and the senior police officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, then that senior police officer shall notify the owner of the property and/or the person in charge of the property where the assemblage exists, and/or the person responsible for the assemblage, that such person or persons, or in the case of a minor, the parents and/or guardians of such minor, will be held personally liable for the cost of providing additional police personnel on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided by the police department in response to such assemblage. Such person or persons shall be given a first warning, in the form of notification by the senior police officer as above described, that the police response as above described, shall be deemed to be the normal police services provided. The police personnel necessarily utilized after such first warning to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare shall be deemed to be on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided and the owner of the property and/or person in charge of the property where such assemblage occurs and/or the person responsible for such assemblage, shall be personally responsible for the cost of such special security assignment in an amount determined upon a cost accounting basis by the city. The cost of such special security assignment, shall include damage to city property and/or injuries to the city personnel.
(Ord. 497 § 1, 1987)