(A) No police officer while on active duty shall leave the village unless he or she is dispatched by the Hamilton County Dispatcher or the source of dispatch in use or in pursuit of an alleged offender.
(B) No police officer shall allow any civilian passenger in police cruiser unless such passenger is a prisoner or a village officer or employee authorized to ride in the police cruiser.
(C) No police officer shall use village equipment for personal or private use while on duty or off duty.
(D) Every police officer must pay for any equipment in his or her possession damaged, lost or misplaced by him or her whether on or off-duty. Such damaged, lost or misplaced equipment must be logged on the appropriate police records.
(E) The Chief of Police, in the event of a troubled area, will assign two police officers to the scene of such troubled area. For walking duty, the two assigned police officers can only leave when dispatched by the Hamilton County Dispatcher to another troubled area.
(F) When two police officers are on duty and two cars are in use in the troubled area, each must back up each other. No police officer shall go in the troubled area alone.
(G) Every police officer shall give the Chief of Police two hours notice if such officer will be absent from work. If the call is received by the Chief of Police the last minute or in an untimely manner for illness only, a doctor's certificate is required to verify such illness.
(H) All officers must log in the starting time for work. If late, such officer must log in the starting time.
(I) If two police cruisers are in use, the Village Manager shall instruct the Chief of Police that one police cruiser shall patrol the upper half of the village and the other police cruiser shall patrol the lower half of the village. All business establishments must be checked every hour.
(J) Every police officer without the approval of the Village Manager is prohibited from disclosing to any one official information or make any public statements detrimental to the peace, health and welfare of the village during his or her employment by the village.
(K) The Village Manager shall enforce the residence requirement.
(L) No police officer shall be on active duty while in the process of litigation against the village other than disciplinary proceedings.
(M) Any violation of division (A), (C), or (H) is cause for removal. Any violation of division (E), (F), (I) or (J) is a cause for two weeks lay off without pay. For the violations of any other section, the appointing authority may take the appropriate disciplinary actions.
(1995 Code, § 33.04) (Ord. 82-O-43, passed 12-27-1982)