(a) The Division of Police shall consist of a Police Chief and such other officers of various grades and patrolmen of various classes as the Mayor deems necessary to properly police the City.
(b) The Division shall be charged with the duty of enforcing within the limits of the City all police, sanitary and other regulations which are prescribed by City ordinance or by the general laws of Ohio.
(c) The Police Chief shall have control of the stationing and transfer of all regular and reserve officers and of all employees of the Division of Police, subject to applicable provisions of the Charter, Codified Ordinances, rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission and the duly promulgated rules and regulations of the Department of Public Safety and the divisions thereof. The Police Chief shall schedule all vacation and holiday leave for officers and members of the Division.
(d) Subject to the provisions of the Charter, the Codified Ordinances and all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the members of the Division shall have all powers provided by the laws of Ohio and the City for the protection of lives and property and shall exercise same in such manner as may be provided by the rules of the Department of Public Safety and the orders of the Director of Public Safety, Police Chief and other officers of the Division.
(Ord. 74-1981. Passed 8-3-81; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)