The mayor with the consent of the council shall, in his/her appointments, designate one officer to be chief of police and the other officers for special duties as he/she may deem necessary, and may designate the rank of such officers by the proper titles that he/she may select consistent with the police civil service rules and regulations.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to enforce all laws of the state and ordinances of the city. The chief shall have control and supervision of the other police officers and shall be responsible for the faithful performance of their duties as well as his/her own. Subject to limitations imposed by the laws of the state and the police civil service rules and regulations, the mayor shall have supervision over the chief of police.