(A) Appointment, term, salary. Police officers shall hold office for the time specified in the order of their appointment and shall be paid such salary as the Village Board may from time to time fix.
(B) Oath. Every police officer shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take and subscribe the oath prescribed for village officers.
(C) Conduct. It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Department to conduct himself or herself, in a proper and law abiding manner at all times and to avoid the use of unnecessary force. Each member of the Department shall obey the orders and directions of his or her superior.
(D) Witness fees. Any member of the Police Department shall appear as witness whenever this is necessary in a prosecution for a violation of an ordinance or of any state or federal law. No such member shall retain any witness fee for service as witness in any action or suit to which the village is a party; and fees paid for such services shall be turned over to the Chief of Police, who shall deposit the same with the Village Treasurer.
(E) Duties. It shall be the duty of the members of the Police Department to see to the enforcement of all of the ordinances of the village and all statutes applicable thereto; and to preserve order and prevent infractions of the law and arrest violators thereof.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-4)