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A. Persons employed by the Police Department as peace officers shall exercise law enforcement authority as given to peace officers by the laws of the State of Colorado. Persons employed by the Police Department as peace officers shall have the authority to enforce all ordinances and laws, whether Federal, State or local. The jurisdiction of any peace officer employed by the Police Department shall extend to all areas within the City limits, upon all property owned, leased or rented by the City, in all places involving fresh pursuit and to all places as exigencies may require as provided by municipal, statutory or case law and public policy.
B. The Police Department may render assistance to members of the Fire Department by giving alarms in case of fire and by clearing the streets or grounds in the immediate vicinity of the fire so that members of the Fire Department shall not be hindered or obstructed in the performance of their duties. (Ord. 856; 1968 Code §7-21; 1980 Code; Ord. 01-42)
Upon issuance of a State of Colorado POST certification, each officer of the Police Department shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Colorado and the Charter of the City of Colorado Springs, and to faithfully perform the duties and assignments of an officer of the Police Department 1 . (1968 Code §7-37; Ord. 77-78; Ord. 01-42)
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| 1 | 1. See City Charter section 13-30. |
A. No uniformed member of the Police Department shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty required by the ordinances of the City, or the rules and regulations of the Police Department, or shall, in the official discharge of duties, be guilty of any fraud, extortion, oppression, favoritism or other wrongful conduct.
B. No employee of the Police Department, uniformed or civilian, shall receive any gifts, money or thing of value, or derive any profits, benefit or advantage, direct or indirect, from any suspect, defendant or prisoner by reason of being an employee of the Police Department, or for any services rendered by that person as an employee of the Department.
C. Private or public rewards offered from outside City limits may be claimed and collected by any employee of the Police Department, but shall be turned over to the Chief of Police immediately. A public record shall be kept by the Chief of all rewards, and the Chief shall immediately render one-half (1/2) of the reward collected to the individual earning the reward and the other one-half (1/2) shall be paid over to the police pension fund. (Ord. 856; 1968 Code §§7-31, 7-33; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 08-103)
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