(A) The Public Safety Director may prescribe rules for the government of public safety officers of the city, subject to approval by the City Manager, which shall be entered in a Manual of Policy and Procedure which can be amended or revoked by the Director of Public Safety, subject to approval by the City Manager. Such rules may establish one or more divisions within the Public Safety Department, each of which divisions may be charged with performing one or more of the functions of the Public Safety Department enumerated in § 1.97. Any such divisions shall be supervised by an officer of the Public Safety Department who shall be responsible for the particular functions of the Public Safety Department assigned to the particular division supervised by him or her. It shall be the duty of all members of the Public Safety Department to comply with such rules.
(B) Such rules shall designate the chain of command for the Department so that in the absence or disability of the Public Safety Director, the responsibility for the operation of the Department shall immediately and automatically vest in the officer designated by such regulations.
(Ord. effective 10-14-2016)