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Division 2. Police Department
§ 22.150 ESTABLISHED
   A police department is hereby established for the city.
(Ord. No. 2.63, § 1, 3-5-63)
§ 22.151 COMPOSITION
   The police department shall consist of a chief of police and such patrolmen, deputies, special police or extra police as may hereafter be approved by the city council.
(Ord. No. 2.63, § 1, 3-5-63)
§ 22.152 CONTROL GENERALLY
   All patrolmen, deputies, special police and extra police shall be subject to the orders of the chief of police and the mayor.
(Ord. No. 2.63, § 1, 3-5-63)
§ 22.153 APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF
   The chief of police for the city shall be appointed by the mayor.
(Ord. No. 3.67, § 1, 12-6-66)
§ 22.154 CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS
   All members of the city police department who carry deadly weapons on or about their persons in their regularly scheduled duties as policemen for the city may carry concealed deadly weapons on or about their persons at all times within the state. Deadly weapons that may be carried by members of the police department within the state are those weapons that are usually carried by the officers in performing duties while on regularly scheduled shift of duty for the city.
(Ord. No. 11.74, 7-17-74)
Statutory reference:
   Authority for officers to carry deadly weapons, KRS 435.230
§ 22.155 PARTICIPATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION PROGRAM
   The city hereby declares its intention to participate in the law enforcement foundation program established by KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
   (A)   Minimum annual salary. Each officer of the police department shall be paid from the city funds an annual salary based on a standard work year of two thousand and eighty (2,080) hours
   (B)   Salary not affected. No officer shall have his base salary reduced or be denied a normal salary increase to which he is otherwise entitled because of the salary incentive payments provided by the Kentucky Crime Commission under KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
   (C)   Education, training minimum requirements. Each newly-employed officer shall have as a minimum educational attainment a high school degree, or its equivalent as determined by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
   (D)   In-service training.
      (1)   Each officer shall successfully complete each year an in-service training course of forty (40) hours duration appropriate to his rank and responsibility at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
      (2)   Each officer shall receive in each calendar year five (5) days' time off with pay for the purpose of taking the required in-service training.
   (E)   Compliance with laws. The police department and each officer thereof shall comply with all provisions of law applicable to the local police, including the transmission of data to the Bureau of Criminal Information and Statistics as required by KRS 17.150.
   (F)   Compliance with rules, regulations. The police department and each officer thereof shall further comply with all reasonable rules and regulations, appropriate to the size and location of the local police department, issued by the Kentucky Crime Commission to facilitate the administration of the fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
   (G)   Reports. The chief of the police department shall prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and other reports as may be reasonably required by the Kentucky Crime Commission to facilitate administration of the fund and further the purposes of the KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
   (H)   Fiscal procedures.
      (1)   The city treasurer shall deposit in an appropriate account which can be identified separately from all other sources all monies received under KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
      (2)   Upon receipt of any monies under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 the treasurer shall pay to each police officer the full amount received on behalf of that officer, giving to each officer a check stub or receipt on which the gross amount of monies paid to him under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 is included and identified.
      (3)   All financial records relating to monies received under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 shall be retained for a period of three (3) years and until the completion of an audit approved by the Kentucky Crime Commission and the United States Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
(Ord. No. 3.75, § 9, 4-15-75)
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