There is established a police force of the city which shall
be known as the police department.
(Prior code § 20-1)
The police department shall consist of the chief of police and
all police officers appointed and acting as such by authority of the
city.
(Prior code § 20-2)
Punctual attendance, obedience to orders and conformity to the
rules and regulations of the police department are required of the
chief of police and all police officers at all times. The chief of
police and police officers in their conduct and deportment must be
quiet, civil and orderly in the performance of their duties; they
must maintain decorum, attention, command of temper, patience and
be discreet at all times; they must refrain from harsh, vile, coarse
and profane or insolent language and, when required, act with sufficient
energy to perform their duty. Whenever any question is put to the
chief of police or any police officer by any person, he or she shall
not answer in a short or abrupt manner, but with the greatest possible
attention. Each police officer shall, in a respectful manner, give
his or her name to all persons who may require the same. The chief
of police and all police officers shall refrain, while on duty, from
taking or drinking any alcoholic or malt beverage as defined by the
laws of the state.
(Prior code § 20-3)
The city administrator shall appoint and commission such number
of special police officer as may be necessary and shall designate
the services and duties, fix the time during which they shall serve
and the compensation they shall receive, and such special police officer
shall possess the powers, exercise the duties and be subject to the
rules, regulations and qualifications of the police officer of the
regular police force, but the city administrator may, at any time
without previous notice, cancel the commission of any special police
officer.
(Prior code § 20-4; Ord. 18-006 § 1, 2018)
A.
The
chief of police is authorized and directed to appoint special officers,
to be known as civilian crossing guards, in such numbers as he or
she may deem necessary, to perform police duties under the direction
of and in compliance with such rules and regulations of the chief
of police shall promulgate.
B.
Such
civilian crossing guards shall wear such badges, dress and insignia
as the chief of police shall direct, and shall be equipped in the
manner which he or she deems necessary for the proper discharge of
their duties.
C.
The
chief of police shall promulgate rules relating to the qualifications,
appointment, and removal of such civilian crossing guards. Such persons
shall serve with such compensation as may be provided for by the governing
body of the city.
D.
Crossing
guards should be included under the state's workmen's compensation
laws. Their insurance protection should be effective only during hours
of duty and not include protection for walking back and forth to work.
E.
It is
unlawful for any civilian crossing guard to exercise his or her authority
as such guard, or to wear the uniform or insignia, or to display his
or her badge in an attempt to exercise his or her authority, except
during the performance of actual authorized police duty.
F.
It is
unlawful for any civilian crossing guard to knowingly and willfully
neglect or refuse to respond for assignment of duty when called under
such rules and regulations as promulgated by the chief of police.
G.
It is
unlawful for any person not duly appointed and sworn in as a civilian
crossing guard to impersonate such officer, or to wear, carry, or
display the badge, designated dress or insignia of such civilian crossing
guards.
(Prior code § 20-4.1)
The chief of police, in the discharge of his or her duties,
shall be subject to the orders of the city administrator only, and
the police officers of the city in the discharge of their duties,
shall be subject to the orders of the city administrator and chief
of police only.
(Prior code § 20-5; Ord. 18-006 § 2, 2018)
A.
The
chief of police and police officers shall, at all times, have power
to make and order arrests, with proper process, for any offense against
this code or other ordinance of the city and bring the offender to
trial before the proper officer and to arrest, without process, in
all cases where any such offense shall be committed or attempted in
their presence. The chief of police and all police officers shall
have power and authority to serve and execute warrants and other processes
for the apprehension and conviction of persons charged with or held
for examination or trial or pending any execution for the commission
of any crime, misdemeanor or violation of any law or ordinance of
the city and, while executing or serving or authorizing any execution
or service of any such warrant or process, shall be vested with and
have all the power and authority conferred upon constables at common
law and by the laws of the state.
B.
The
chief of police and all police officers, as conservators of the peace,
shall have power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without
process, and take before the police judge all persons who shall break
or threaten to break the peace and may commit such persons or admit
them to bail as the case may require. They shall have power to arrest
or cause to be arrested as aforesaid without process when an offense
against this code or a violation of any other ordinance of the city
has in fact been committed and the chief of police or police officer
has reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be arrested
has committed it and has reasonable grounds for believing that the
person:
1.
Will
not be apprehended unless immediately arrested; or
2.
May
cause injury to him or herself or others or damage to property unless
immediately arrested; or
3.
May
destroy or conceal evidence of the commission of such violation or
offense, and shall have the power to detain or cause to be detained
all such persons in custody in the City Jail or other safe place in
the city overnight or over Sundays and holidays and until such persons
can be duly examined by or tried before the police judge.
(Prior code § 20-6)
The chief of police shall take notice of all nuisances, obstructions
and defects in the streets and alleys or other public places of the
city and shall cause the same to be abated or removed or immediate
notice thereof given to the proper officer or person whose duty it
may be to take action in relation thereto.
(Prior code § 20-7)
The chief of police and each member of the regular police force
shall devote his or her full time and attention to the business of
the police department and of the city, and is expressly prohibited
from having any other calling or employment in any other business;
provided, however, the chief of police or members of the regular police
force may accept off-duty employment with pay for work related to
their work as police officers such as patrolling athletic contests,
dances, social functions and similar activities. Although the chief
of police and members of the regular police force are, by the rules
and regulations of the service, relieved at certain hours from actual
performance of duty, they must be prepared, while relieved, to act
immediately on notice when their services are required. This section
shall not be construed to prohibit the chief of police or any police
officer from accepting an appointment and acting as a deputy sheriff
of the county and state without pay and from performing the duties
of that office so long as they do not materially conflict with his
or her duties as such chief of police or police officer.
(Prior code § 20-8)
Each member of the regular police force shall, at least once
each day, report to the chief of police on his or her official acts
and such matters and things as may come under his or her notice, either
by personal observation or which may have been called to his or her
attention, appertaining to the police department and to the peace,
good order, sanitary condition and welfare of the city.
(Prior code § 20-9)
Any person who shall counsel, encourage, aid, abet or assist
any person to resist by force and violence any arrest attempted to
be made by the chief of police or any police officer in the city or
who, standing by, shall refuse to assist such officer when requested
to do so, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 20-11)
A.
It is
unlawful for any person to knowingly and wilfully resist or obstruct
any duly constituted peace officer or police officer of the city about
to make a lawful arrest.
B.
It is
unlawful for any person, when required by any police officer of the
city to assist him or her in the execution of his or her office, to
refuse or neglect to render such assistance without have a valid cause
for so refusing or neglecting.
C.
It is
unlawful for any person, who, being held in lawful custody of any
police officer of the city or confined in the City Jail, to attempt
to escape, or escape therefrom, or to aid or assist any person so
held in custody or confined to escape, or attempt to escape therefrom,
or to hinder or interfere with any officer of the city in the discharge
of his or her duties.
(Prior code § 20-12)
