[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Wrightstown
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-5-1976 by Ord. No. 1-76
as Ch. 4 of the 1976 Code]
The Police Department shall consist of the Chief of Police and such
police officers as the Village Board may prescribe by ordinance or resolution.
The Chief and the police officers shall receive a salary as fixed by
the Village Board and shall not be entitled to any other compensation. All
fees, bail deposits and other special remuneration or funds collected or received
by the Department or any officers thereof shall be deposited with the Clerk-Treasurer
not less than monthly.
The Chief of Police may be removed at any time for cause by a majority
vote of the members of the Village Board. Other members of the Police Department
shall hold office subject to the power of the President to suspend or remove
any officers at his or her pleasure, subject to appeal to the Village Board.
A.
The Chief of Police shall possess the powers, enjoy the
privileges and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed by law
upon marshals and constables.
B.
He or she shall obey all lawful written orders of the
President and the Board.
C.
He or she shall cause the public peace to be preserved
and see that all laws and ordinances of the village and state are enforced,
and whenever any violation thereof shall come to his or her knowledge, he
or she shall cause the requisite complaint to be made and see that the evidence
is procured for the successful prosecution of the offender or offenders.
D.
He or she shall exercise supervisory control over all
the personnel of his or her Department and may adopt, subject to the approval
of the Board, rules and regulations for the government, discipline, equipment
and uniforms of police officers.
E.
He or she shall be solely responsible for the care and
condition of the equipment used by his or her Department.
F.
He or she shall keep an accurate and complete record
of all complaints, arrests, traffic violations, convictions and dispositions
of the Department.
A.
General powers and duties. Each officer of the Department
shall possess the powers conferred on marshals and constables by law, shall
preserve the public peace and enforce the laws and ordinances of the state
and village subject to the orders, rules and regulations of the Chief, the
President and the Board.
B.
Power of arrest. The Chief of Police and any police officer
shall arrest all persons in the village found in the act of violating any
law or ordinance of the village or state or aiding or abetting in such violation,
and they shall arrest without warrant all persons whom they have reasonable
grounds to believe have violated any law or ordinance and who will not be
apprehended unless immediately arrested, shall take all arrested persons in
charge and confine them and shall within a reasonable time bring such persons
before the court having jurisdiction thereof to be dealt with according to
law.
C.
Wearing badge. Every officer of the department shall,
when on duty, wear his or her badge of office upon his or her left breast
or conspicuously displayed.
[Amended 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 113099B]
The President and the Trustees shall have and exercise the powers of
peace officers and may summarily suppress any riotous or disorderly conduct
in the streets or public places of the village.
The Department shall calibrate its police car speedometers every 60
days and shall keep official records of such calibrations.
[Adopted 2-19-2007 by Res. No. 02192007A]
The Village Board of the Village of Wrightstown hereby approves of the
deputization of the Village of Wrightstown police officers by the Brown County
Sheriff, and the Village accepts all liability for acts of these officers
performed pursuant to their deputization, including workers' compensation,
unless mutual aid has been requested and is being utilized.
