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* Historical Notes:
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Section 3 ½**: Added Election 10/12/71 effective
12/6/71; Repealed Election 11/8/94 effective 5/22/95.
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Section 4**: Repealed Election 10/14/47 effective
3/3/48; Added Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71; Amended Election
10/9/73 effective 1/17/74; Amended Election 10/14/75 effective 11/3/75;
Repealed Election 11/8/94 effective 5/22/95).
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Section 7**: Amended Election 10/12/71 effective
12/6/71; Amended Election 10/14/75 effective 11/3/75; Repealed Election
11/8/94 effective 5/22/95.
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Section 8**: Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective
12/6/71.
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Section 9**: Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective
12/6/71; Added Election 6/2/92 effective 12/2/92; Repealed Election
11/8/94 effective 5/22/95.
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Section 10**: Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective
12/6/71.
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Section 11**: Amended Election 10/14/47 effective
3/3/48; Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71.
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Section 12**: Amended Election 11/4/58 effective
3/2/59; Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71.
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** These section numbers refer to a numbering system
that was in place prior to the Election of 11/8/94.
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The Police Department shall consist of a Chief of Police and
such other officers, members, and employees as the Council may, from
time to time, prescribe.
(Repealed Election 10/14/47 effective 3/3/48; Added Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71)
The powers and duties of the Police Department shall include,
but not be limited to, enforcing the penal provisions of this Charter,
the penal ordinances of the City and the penal laws of the State of
California and of the United States. The sworn officers of the Department
shall have the powers and duties of peace officers as defined by state
law.
(Repealed Election 10/14/47 effective 3/3/48; Added Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71; Amended Election 11/8/94 effective 5/22/95)
The Police Department shall be under the control, management,
and direction of a Chief of Police. The Chief shall be appointed by
and shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Manager. Appointment
to the position of Police Chief can be made from qualified applicants
within the Stockton Police Department or from qualified applicants
who are not members of the Stockton Police Department. Such applicants
must have peace officer status above the rank of police sergeant.
If the City Manager demotes the Chief of Police, the Police Chief
shall be restored to the last civil service position, if any, held
with the City of Stockton immediately prior to appointment as Chief
of Police.
(Repealed Election 10/14/47 effective 3/3/48; Added Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71; Amended Election 10/9/73 effective 1/17/74; Amended Election 10/14/75 effective 11/3/75; Amended Election 11/8/94 effective 5/22/95)
The Chief of Police shall suppress all riots, disturbances and
breaches of the peace, and to that end may call on any person for
aid. The Chief shall, in the performance of police duties, have the
powers and responsibilities of a sheriff in similar cases.
Subject to the approval of the City Manager and the rules and
regulations of the Civil Service Commission, the Chief of Police shall
direct and supervise the personnel of the Department and have charge
of the property and equipment thereof. In addition, the Chief of Police
shall have duties, including, but not limited to, the following: to
detail any officer or member of the Department to such public service
as may be necessary; to recommend in writing to the City Manager that
disciplinary action be taken against members of the Department when
in the judgment of the Chief of Police, it is deemed necessary; and
to exercise all powers and duties provided by ordinances of the City
Council, this Charter, and the laws of the State of California.
(Repealed Election 10/14/47 effective 3/3/48; Added Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71; Amended Election 10/14/75 effective 11/3/75; Amended Election 11/8/94 effective 5/22/95)
Subject to the approval of the City Manager, the Chief of Police
shall have the power to appoint, without competitive examination,
Deputy Chiefs of Police from among the members of the Department from
the rank of Sergeant and above. After appointment, a Deputy Chief
of Police shall hold said rank at the pleasure of the Chief of Police,
subject to the approval of the City Manager. If the Chief of Police
demotes the Deputy Chief of Police, the Deputy Chief of Police shall
be restored to the last civil service position, if any, held immediately
prior to appointment as Deputy Chief of Police.
(Amended Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71; Amended Election 10/9/73 effective 1/17/74; Amended Election 10/14/75 effective 11/3/75; Amended Election 11/8/94 effective 5/22/95)
