(a) The Director of the Safety Department shall be the administrative head over both lower Departments. The Director of the Department of Safety, the Police Department Head and the Fire Department Head shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of each of the established lower Departments.
(b) Each of the lower Department heads shall have charge of and be responsible for the proper maintenance of the apparatus and equipment of his department the conduct of the employees within that lower department.
(c) The administrative heads of the lower departments, within the Department of Safety, shall have the authority to suspend, subject to the approval of the City Manager, any member of the lower department under his command, for the violations of rules and regulations, disobedience to the orders of a superior officer, disorderly conduct or other failure of good behavior while on duty or while on call for duty.
(Ord. 2009-27. Passed 10-13-09.)