[Amended 5-6-2014 by Ord. No. 7-2014]
A. Department
Director of Public Safety. There shall be a Department of Public Safety,
the head of which shall be the Director of Public Safety. Unless and
until the Council shall authorize by resolution the appointment of
a separate Director, the Chief of Police shall serve as Director of
Public Safety. Any additional compensation shall be governed by the
Salary Ordinance. The Director shall be responsible for the proper and efficient
conduct of the Borough Fire Department, the Sea Bright Division of
First Aid, the Division of Police and the Division of Water Safety.
The Director shall supervise and direct the work of the Department
and shall provide such technical and other assistance necessary to
all other departments for their proper functioning. Subject to the
supervision and direction of the Borough Administrator, the Director
shall administer the work of the Department through such divisions
and bureaus as are authorized by the Code or other ordinances.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B. Divisions.
Within the Department of Public Safety, there shall be a Division
of Fire, Division of First Aid, Division of Police and the Division
of Water Safety.
C. The Police
Department shall consist of a Chief of Police, Deputy Chief of Police,
Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeants, Corporal and such patrol officers
as the Mayor and Council may from time to time designate. All of the
above ranks need not be occupied, and appointments are to be made
by the Mayor and Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The Sea Bright Police Department shall come under the jurisdiction of the appropriate authority, which is hereby created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118. The Borough Administrator is designated as the appropriate authority pursuant to §
39-1B of the Code of Sea Bright and by Ordinance No. 2-2009. The Chief of Police shall be directly responsible to the appropriate authority for reporting upon the operations of the Police Department. The appropriate authority is hereby vested with the duty of and shall be responsible for the promulgation, adoption, updating, and/or ratification of rules and regulations for police personnel that shall be known as the rules and regulations for the Sea Bright Police Department.
The Police Department rules and regulations and the standard
operating procedures are on file with the Chief of Police and in the
office of the Borough Administrator/Borough Clerk and available to
Department members.