[Adopted as Ch. 28, Art. II, of the 1963
City Code (Ch. 68, Art. II, of the 1980 Code)]
The Chief of Police shall be the executive head
of the Police Department and shall have direct charge and control
of its officers and members and also of constables when engaged in
the service of the City. He shall devote his entire time to the duties
of his office.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 68-14
of the 1980 Code, Bond, which immediately followed this section, was
deleted 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to enforce all laws and City ordinances and to receive complaints
for the violation of the same. He shall cause proceedings to be instituted
for the prosecution of all such violations of law or ordinance and
shall attend to the trial of such violations.
The Chief of Police shall establish and enforce,
subject to the approval of the Mayor, such rules and regulations for
the government and management of the Police Department as are consistent
with law and ordinance and as he may deem necessary and expedient
and shall obey and execute all orders of the City Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 68-17
of the 1980 Code, Reports on conduct of officers; suspension, which
immediately followed this section, was deleted 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76]
The Chief of Police shall report immediately
to the Superintendent of Highways any defect in any of the streets,
lanes, alleys, ways, squares or public grounds of the City which he
may himself discover or which may be reported to him by any member
of the Police Department and shall also report forthwith to the proper
board or head of a department all nuisances and obstructions in the
streets, lanes, alleys, ways, squares and public grounds, and all
nuisances, sources of filth or danger and causes of sickness which
he may himself discover or which may be reported to him by any member
of the Department.
The Chief of Police shall keep, or cause to
be kept, a correct and complete record of the acts and business of
the Police Department, including a full and accurate account of all
its receipts and expenditures, which shall at all times be subject
to the inspection of the City Council, the Mayor and the Auditor of
Accounts.
The Chief of Police shall cause to be kept a
complete descriptive list of each and every person arrested and brought
to the police station by giving his or her name, nativity, age, height,
weight, complexion, color of hair and eyes, the amount of money he
or she may have in possession, his or her present residence and the
offense for which he or she may be arrested, all of which shall be
entered and indexed in a book or on cards to be furnished by the City,
and the same shall be delivered by each Chief of Police to his successor
in office. He shall have charge of and be primarily responsible for
the records of all prisoners and their arrests.
The Chief of Police shall cause to be kept a
daily record of the burglaries, robberies, larcenies, amount of property
lost or stolen, assaults, disturbances, lost children, fires, dangerous
places, accidents and all other crimes, misdemeanors, violations of
law or ordinance and other happenings or matters reported and brought
to the attention of the Police Department or pertaining to its business.
The Chief of Police shall keep or cause to be
kept a full and complete list of all regular and reserve officers,
with their names, ages, residences and birthplaces; also, records
of all failures or omissions on the part of any of them to make such
reports as are required of them.
On or before the 10th day of each month, the Chief of Police shall file with the Auditor of Accounts a list of, and upon receipt of an order from the Auditor of Accounts, pay over to the Treasurer, according to the provisions of § 36-3 of Chapter 36, Fees and Receipts, of the Code, all miscellaneous fees and receipts collected by him in accordance with the provisions of § 32-39 of Article VI, Police Department, of Chapter 32 of the Code of the City.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76]
The Chief of Police shall keep the City Solicitor
and the District Attorney informed of all matters that pertain to
their respective offices relating to the policies or interests of
the City, or to any breach of law or ordinance.
The Chief of Police shall annually on or before
the first day of July make to the Mayor a full and complete report
of the acts and business of and the money received and expended by
the Police Department during the municipal year next preceding the
first day of July, together with an account and appraisal of all the
public property belonging to the Department and a statement of the
condition and organization of the Department. Such report shall be
incorporated in the report required to be made annually by the Mayor
to the City Council.
The office of the Chief of Police shall be kept
open at all times for the transaction of business.
The Deputy Chief of Police shall, in the absence
of the Chief of Police, have and exercise all the powers, duties and
authority incumbent on or exercised by the Chief of Police, and he
and all officers of the Police Department shall, under the direction
of the Chief of Police, aid in any and all of such duties as are prescribed
in this article for the Chief of Police.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 68-28
of the 1980 Code, Bond of Deputy Chief, which immediately followed
this section, was deleted 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76.
