The Police Chief’s supervisory duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) To have charge and control of all police officers, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by ordinance, and to report to the Mayor and the Council all delinquencies or neglect of duty or official misconduct of police officers for action of the Mayor or of the City Council;
(B) Prepare, maintain, review and revise the Police Department Policy and Procedure Manual and present for approval by the City Council;
(C) Maintain and update personnel records and conduct interviews on probationary police officers;
(D) Before hiring, shall conduct complete background checks on all new personnel. Ensures psychological and medical testing be conducted and recorded. Assists the Police Commission in examining of appointments for police officer positions as set forth in the state statutes;
(E) Develops and provides for the initial training of new officers through a field training program, or other such on-going training that shall provide for the education and enhancement of the performance of city police officers;
(F) Provides regular written evaluations of police officers as prescribed by the City of Deer Lodge Personnel Policies or as directed by the Mayor;
(G) Provides remedial training for police officers in areas identified as deficient in their regular written evaluations;
(H) Maintains written record of any disciplinary actions taken with police officers and will keep records of those disciplinary actions in their personnel file in the city vault;
(I) Provides any other necessary supervision for the department as may be required for the performance of its duties; and
(J) Performs such other and further supervisory duties as the City Council or the Mayor may prescribe.
(Prior Code, § 2.18.040) (Ord. 2019-6, passed 8-19-2019; Ord. 2023-4, passed 5-15-2023, effective 6-16-2023)