CHAPTER 32: POLICE DEPARTMENT

Section

Police Department

   32.01   Chief of Police

   32.02   Attendance at Board meetings

   32.03   Composition and organization

   32.04   Police officers to preserve law and order

   32.05   Enforcement of ordinances

   32.06   Police officers subject to Chief’s orders

   32.07   Police to wear uniforms and be armed

   32.08   Arrest and authority

   32.09   Police offices may require assistance in making arrests

   32.10   Disposition of persons arrested

   32.11   Police Department records

Police Reserves

   32.25   Established

   32.26   Maximum complement

   32.27   Member’s compensation; no fringe benefits

   32.28   Appointment of members

   32.29   Qualification of membership

   32.30   Conditions precedent to entering upon duties

   32.31   Chief of Police to command

   32.32   Either the Town or member may terminate service

   32.33   Town will not furnish uniforms

   32.34   Members to carry identification cards

   32.35   Rules and regulations to be prescribed by Chief of Police

   32.36   Chief of Police to fix specific duties

   32.37   To be armed only on order of Chief of Police

   32.38   Forcible entry by members listed

   32.39   Powers of arrest

   32.40   Impersonation of reserve officer; violation of ordinance

POLICE DEPARTMENT

§ 32.01 CHIEF OF POLICE.

   The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Board, to serve at will of the Board, and shall have general supervision over the Police Department and shall be responsible for the efficiency thereof, with such duties as may be assigned by the Board.

(`83 Code, § 1-601)

§ 32.02 ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS.

   The Chief of Police or, in his or her absence, one of the police officers, shall be present at the meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen whenever requested by the Board or by the Town Administrator.

(`83 Code, § 1-602)

§ 32.03 COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION.

   The Police Department shall consist of the Chief of Police and such number of subordinate officers and personnel as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen may provide for.

(`83 Code, § 1-603)

§ 32.04 POLICE OFFICERS TO PRESERVE LAW AND ORDER.

   Police officers shall preserve law and order within the Town. They shall patrol the Town and shall assist the Town Court during the trial of cases. Police officers shall also promptly serve any legal process issued by the Town Court.

(`83 Code, § 1-604)

§ 32.05 ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES.

   The Chief of Police shall see that all ordinances are enforced and when any violation shall come to his or her attention, whether by personal observation or by information from others, he or she shall make complaint and cause the person to be prosecuted.

(`83 Code, § 1-605)