The Superintendent of Police shall have control
of the Police Department of the City, its officers and members. It
shall be his duty to enforce the City ordinances; to notice all offenses
against the laws and City ordinances, taking the names of all offenders;
to receive all complaints for any violations of the laws and ordinances
and for that purpose to attend daily, at some stated hour, in a public
and central office, to prosecute promptly all offenders against the
laws and ordinances, and to use all lawful and proper means to secure
convictions; to report in writing annually in December to the City
Council the condition and organization of the Police Department and
also a synopsis of the doings of the Department for the year, accompanying
the same with such remarks and recommendations as he may think proper;
and to perform all such duties and comply with such other regulations
as may at any time be prescribed to him by the City Council in relation
to any matters with which the policing of the City is concerned, and
it shall also be his duty to report to the Auditor, as often as once
a month, a written statement of all penalties and charges received
by the City during the preceding month.
In addition to the patrolmen, the Police Department
shall consist of the following superior officers:
A. One Superintendent of Police.
B. Two Deputy Superintendents of Police.
[Amended 8-12-1997]
E. Twenty-six sergeants.
[Amended 5-3-1994; 8-12-1997]
The Superintendent of Police and all the police
officers shall devote their whole time to the service of the City,
to preserve the peace, order and cleanliness thereof and the safety
and convenience of its streets and public places, and shall be on
duty at such fires, public gatherings and assemblies as the Superintendent
of Police or the City Council may direct, and shall execute and enforce
the laws of the commonwealth, the ordinances of the City and the orders
of the City Council, and shall engage in no other calling. They shall
receive such compensation, respectively, as the City Council may determine,
subject to civil service laws and regulations, provided that all fees,
penalties, witness fees, money or compensation received by any police
officer paid by a stated salary for any service rendered by him while
acting in his official capacity shall be paid by the officer receiving
the same into the City treasury before he shall be entitled to his
salary, and the officers shall receive no compensation other than
their salaries for any services whatever rendered by them during their
terms of office.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to
go to aid another city or town at the request of such city or town
in the suppression of riots or other forms of violence therein.