CHAPTER 139
Police Department

139.01   Establishment; composition.

139.02   Chief of Police.

139.03   Auxiliary police unit.

139.04   Police enforcement to Municipal property beyond Village limits.

139.05   Chief to be appointing authority.

CROSS REFERENCES

Police protection - see CHTR. 9.03

Distribution of obscenity statutes by Attorney General - see Ohio R.C. 109.40

Assistance of State Criminal Bureau - see Ohio R.C. 109.51 et seq.

Forwarding fingerprints and data to State Criminal Bureau - see Ohio R.C. 109.58 et seq.

Police protection contracts - see Ohio R.C. 505.441, 737.04

Composition - see Ohio R.C. 715.05, 737.16

General powers and duties - see Ohio R.C. 737.11, 737.18

Appointment of Marshal - see Ohio R.C. 737.15

Auxiliary police unit - see Ohio R.C. 737.161, 737.19

Probationary period; final appointment - see Ohio R.C. 737.17

Removal and appeal - see Ohio R.C. 737.171

Recovered property and disposition - see Ohio R.C. 737.29 et seq.

139.01 ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.

   (a)   There is hereby created the Delta Police Department of the Village of Delta.

   (b)   The Police Department shall be composed by such officers and members as Council shall from time to time designate.

139.02 CHIEF OF POLICE.

   (a)   The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council and shall continue in office until removed therefrom for the causes and under the powers and procedures provided for the removal of officers by Ohio R.C. 733.171.

(Res. 10-02. Passed 3-8-10.)

   (b)   The Chief of Police shall be the peace officer of the Village and the executive head of the Police Department. The Chief of Police and the Deputy Chief of Police, police officers, the night watchman and special police officers under him shall have the powers conferred by law upon police officers in all villages of the State and such other powers not inconsistent with the nature of their offices as are conferred by ordinance.

(Ord. 1021. Passed 6-18-73.)