TITLE 5
POLICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE REGULATIONS

CHAPTER 1
POLICE DEPARTMENT

SECTION:

5-1-1: Department Created; Members

5-1-2: Qualifications

5-1-3: Oath Of Office; Bond

5-1-4: Chief Of Police

5-1-5: Powers, Duties And Conduct Of Department Members

5-1-6: Application Of Certain State Law Provisions

5-1-7: Police Manual

5-1-8: Part Time Police Officers

5-1-1: DEPARTMENT CREATED; MEMBERS:

There is hereby created a police department as an administrative office of the village. The police department shall consist of a chief of police and such number of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, patrol officers, special police officers and watch officers as may be provided from time to time by the village board of trustees. The chief of police and all other members of the department shall be employees of the village. (Ord., 6-12-1950; amd. 1989 Code; 2003 Code)

The chief of police shall be considered a member of the police department. The police department shall consist of such other members as the chief of police shall deem advisable and necessary. In case of emergencies, such as in times of peril, danger, riot or pestilence or apprehension thereof, the village president may appoint special members to the police department to act during any such emergency. (Ord., 6-12-1950; amd. 1989 Code)

5-1-2: QUALIFICATIONS:

Department members shall be citizens of the United States, of not less than twenty one (21) years of age and, in the judgment of the chief of police, physically and mentally qualified to perform the duties for which employed. (Ord., 6-12-1950)

5-1-3: OATH OF OFFICE; BOND:

Upon entering upon his duties, each member of the police department shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by law, but no member shall be required to execute a bond unless he is entrusted with property either belonging to or entrusted to the care of the village. (Ord., 6-12-1950)

5-1-4: CHIEF OF POLICE:

   A.   Appointment; Term; Salary: The chief of police shall be appointed by the village president, with the approval of the village board of trustees, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The village board of trustees shall annually fix the salary of the chief of police in the annual appropriation ordinance.

   B.   Powers And Duties: Under the general supervision of the village president, the chief of police shall be in direct charge and responsible for the efficient operation of the police department with the power to promulgate such rules and regulations for the conduct of the department and for the guidance of the members thereof as he shall deem necessary and advisable. Subject to the final approval of the village board of trustees, the chief of police is hereby granted the power to employ such members of the police department of the village as he deems necessary and advisable. Subject to the final approval of the village president, the chief of police is hereby granted the power to discipline, suspend without pay or discharge any member of the department. (Ord., 6-12-1950; amd. 1989 Code)

   C.   Exercise Of Authority: All actions of the police department shall be within the written policy set forth by the village board of trustees. (Ord., 6-8-1992)

5-1-5: POWERS, DUTIES AND CONDUCT OF DEPARTMENT MEMBERS:

Members of the police department shall preserve order, prevent infractions of the law, enforce all the ordinances of the village and arrest violators of the law and such ordinances. Each member of the police department shall at all times conduct himself in a proper and law abiding manner, avoid the use of unnecessary force or argument in the discharge of his duties and obey and observe the rules and regulations of the police department and the lawful orders and directions of the village officials and the chief of police. Every member of the police department shall have the common law and statutory powers of constables for the purpose of serving warrants and when called upon to do so shall appear as a witness in any suit in which the village, the county or the state is a party without fee. (Ord., 6-12-1950)

5-1-6: APPLICATION OF CERTAIN STATE LAW PROVISIONS:

The common and statutory law with respect to: a) the village president, village trustees and every member of the police department being conservators of the peace 1 ; b) the duty of every citizen to assist the police in the execution of their duties 2 ; c) resisting an officer of the law 3 ; and d) impersonating an officer of the law 4 shall apply with the same force and effect within the corporate limits of the village as if set forth in full in this chapter. (Ord., 6-12-1950)

 

Notes

1	1. 65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25.
2	2. 725 ILCS 5/107-8.
3	1. 720 ILCS 5/31-1.
4	2. 720 ILCS 5/17-2.

5-1-7: POLICE MANUAL:

The police manual of the village, having been developed specifically for the village with outside expertise in conjunction with a blue ribbon committee of former village officials, and having been reviewed by the Golf police chief and the Golf police department, and having been reviewed by the village trustees and the village president, is duly approved and adopted as the official manual of the police department of the village. (Ord., 6-8-1992)

5-1-8: PART TIME POLICE OFFICERS:

   A.   Appointment; Term; Salary: Part time police officers may be appointed by the village president, with the approval of the village board of trustees, and shall serve at the pleasure of the village board. Part time police officers shall be at least twenty one (21) years of age and receive such hourly compensation for their services as shall be determined by the village board. Except as otherwise provided herein, part time police officers shall be subject to the provisions of 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.1-30-21 and 50 Illinois Compiled Statutes 705/8.2. (Ord. 98-4, 7-13-1998; amd. 2003 Code)

   B.   Powers And Duties: Part time police officers shall at all times during the performance of their duties be subject to the direction and control of the chief of police. Part time police officers shall be conservators of the peace and shall have the following powers and duties:

      1.   To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are violating any village ordinance or any criminal law of the state;

      2.   To commit arrested persons for examination;

      3.   To direct traffic and to assist in traffic control;

      4.   To keep peace in all large gatherings in and about the village;

      5.   To aid in the control of natural or manmade disasters and in case of civil disorder, and to assist in cases of riot, disaster and emergency control as directed by the chief of police; and

      6.   To perform such other related duties as directed by the chief of police or the village board.

   C.   Firearms: Part time police officers shall not carry firearms except with the permission of the chief of police and while in the performance of their duties in uniform. If authorized by the chief of police, part time police officers may carry their firearm while actively pursuing training if either of the following criteria have been satisfied:

      1.   Completion of the basic police training course; or

      2.   Completion of not less than twenty four (24) hours of the state mandated firearms training course as provided in the firearms training for peace officers act 1 . (Ord. 98-4, 7-13-1998)

   D.   Qualifications: All part time police officers in the village shall have, or shall be eligible to obtain within the time limits required by the Illinois law enforcement training standards board, the training certificate or license to practice police work or credentials that may be established as mandated by section 8.2(a) of the Illinois police training act 2 and the rules and requirements of the Illinois law enforcement training standards board. Any part time police officer failing to meet such requirements or who fails to obtain a waiver of certification from the Illinois law enforcement training and standards board, shall be ineligible for appointment and shall be removed from office. In addition, all part time police officers shall meet the following standards:

      1.   Be at least twenty one (21) years of age.

      2.   Possess a high school diploma or GED certificate.

      3.   Possess a valid state of Illinois driver's license.

      4.   Possess no felony convictions.

      5.   Any individual who has served in the U.S. military must have been honorably discharged.

   E.   Other Provisions Applicable To Part Time Officers:

      1.   All part time police officers shall comply with all applicable general orders promulgated from time to time by the police chief for members of the police department.

      2.   The village may employ part time police officers from time to time but part time police officers shall not work as police officers in the village more than one thousand five hundred sixty (1,560) hours in any calendar year. The police chief shall require part time officers to acknowledge such limitation as a condition of employment.

      3.   A part time police officer shall have all the responsibilities of a full time police officer and such specific duties as delineated in the general orders of the police department. Part time police officers shall not be assigned to supervise or direct full time police officers.

      4.   All part time police officers shall be under the disciplinary jurisdiction of the police chief, shall serve at the discretion of the village, shall not have any property rights in said employment, and may be removed by the village president at any time.

      5.   Part time police officers who have not attended and successfully completed a state mandated firearms training course shall be scheduled for attendance at the earliest practicable time. While attending prescribed local training, part time police officers shall be paid their regular hourly rate of pay for each hour of training attended. (Ord. 2012-04, 8-13-2012)

 

Notes

1	1. 50 ILCS 710/0.01 et seq.
2	2. 50 ILCS 705/1 et seq.