CHAPTER 145
Police Department

145.01    Appointments.

145.02    Personnel.

145.03    Uniform allowance.

145.04    Reserve.

145.05   Residency.

CROSS REFERENCES

Assistance of State Criminal Bureau - see Ohio R.C. 109.51 et seq.

Appointments; probationary period; age - see Ohio R.C. 124.27, 124.30, 124.41

Promotions - see Ohio R.C. 124.31, 124.44

Sick leave - see Ohio R.C. 124.38

Police Chief - see Ohio R.C. 737.06

Hours and leave - see Ohio R.C. 737.07

General duties - see Ohio R.C. 737.11

Recovered property and disposition - see Ohio R.C. 737.29 et seq.

Police officer may arrest on view - see Ohio R.C. 2935.03, 2935.05, 2935.07

145.01 APPOINTMENT.

   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 124.41, any qualified person between the ages of twenty-one years and fifty years, may receive an original appointment to the Police Department.

(Ord. 14(2022-23). Passed 9-25-23.)

145.02 PERSONNEL.

   (a)    The Police Department will consist of the following positions, and shall be filled as funding is made available by Council:

      (1)    Chief of Police (Classification E5);

      (2)    Administrative Sergeant (Classification U8);

      (3)    Administrative Clerk (Classification U2);

      (4)    Investigator (Classification U7);

      (5)    Three Sergeants (Classification U6);

      (6)    Patrolmen or probationary patrolmen with a limit of six (Classification U3 or U5);

      (7)    Up to a total of five dispatchers (Classification U1).

   (b)    The Police Department shall be organized and utilized in accordance with Exhibit A as attached to Ordinance 8(92-93), and the classifications in accordance with the City Personnel Manual.
(Ord. 8(92-93). Passed 6-8-92.)

145.03 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE.

   (a)    The Chief of Police and each police officer shall be allowed a uniform purchase allowance in the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) per year, such amount to be paid in a lump sum by the City Auditor in December of each year.

   (b)    The Chief of Police and each police officer shall be allowed a uniform cleaning allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per year, such amount to be paid in a lump sum by the City Auditor.
(Ord. 11(86-87). Passed 5-12-86.)