A. 
A Police Commission for the Township of Grosse Ile is established. The Commission shall consist of five residents of the Township to be appointed by the Township Board, one of which shall be a member of the Township Board. Terms of office of Police Commissioners shall be for six years, ending on April 3 in the year of expiration, except for the Township Board member whose term shall be limited to the time he or she is a member of the Township Board, provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Township Board from removing and/or replacing the Township Board member from time to time during his or her tenure of office on the Township Board.
B. 
No member of the Police Commission shall be a member of the Police Department of the Township.
Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses approved by the Township Board incurred in the performance of official duties. Vacancies on the Commission shall be filled by the Township Board for the unexpired term of the Commissioner creating the vacancy.
[Amended 7-22-2002]
The Police Commission is delegated and shall exercise the following authority, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the operation of the Grosse Ile Police Department; provided, however, that the following delegated authority, powers, duties and responsibilities shall be specified and shall contain no implied power not otherwise specified unless a following specific grant of power specifically provides for the existence of such implied power as is reasonably necessary for the exercise of the specifically delegated power:
A. 
The Police Commission is delegated the responsibility of the overall and continuous development of the proficiency and professionalism of the Police Department of the Township of Grosse Ile and of the individual members thereof through the development, planning and institution of public safety and educational programs; through the development, planning and institution of educational training and other programs within the Township's Police Department which are designed to develop the overall capabilities and professionalism of the Department and its personnel; and through the development, planning and institution of Departmental procedures designed to develop the overall efficiency of the Department and of its individual members. The Commission shall continually analyze and determine the current needs of the Police Department and shall communicate such information to the Township Board.
B. 
Rules and regulations governing the operation of the Police Department and establishing the standards of the conduct and work performance of members of the Police Department shall be prepared, modified and amended in concert with the Chief of Police. Such rules and regulations (including proposed amendments thereto) shall be submitted by the Township Administrator to the Police Commission for its approval. After the rules and regulations have been approved by the Police Commission they shall be submitted to the Township Board for final approval. Upon adoption by the Township Board, such rules and regulations shall be the rules and regulations of and which shall govern the operation of the Township's Police Department and the conduct and work performance of the members thereof.
C. 
The Police Commission is delegated the responsibility for and shall prepare and submit to the Township Board an organizational structure for the Township's Police Department, detailing all positions within the Department and the duties and the responsibilities associated with each such position. Upon adoption by the Township Board, such organizational structure shall be the organizational structure of the Township's Police Department and the Commission shall thereafter periodically review such organizational structure and make recommendations for additions, modifications, and deletions, if any, with respect thereto to the Township Board for possible action thereon. The Chairman of the Commission with respect to the organizational structure of the Police Department shall be submitted to the Township Board.
D. 
The Police Commission is delegated the authority to hire personnel for available positions within the organizational structure of the Township's Police Department; provided, however, that the appointment or promotion of all other officers of the Township's Police Department above the rank of sergeant shall be by the Township Board after recommendation thereon has been received by the Township Board from the Police Commission with respect to such appointment or promotion.
E. 
The Police Commission shall have and is delegated the power and authority to reprimand, discipline, suspend, demote or discharge any member of the Township's Police Department after hearing thereon, provided that involving the demotion or discharge of any member of the Township's Police Department shall require Township Board approval prior to implementation thereof and shall, in all respects, be subject to the terms of the then-existing collective bargaining agreements between the Township and the Police Officers Associations.