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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LINCOLN PARK, MICHIGAN
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2022)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER XV
Department of Public Safety
Section 1. Creation. 
There is hereby created for the purpose of administration of the City of Lincoln Park, aside from the powers and duties of the elective officers of said City, a Department of Public Safety. The above department, when organized, shall be controlled and managed as hereinafter provided.
(Amended November 3, 1942)
Section 2. Composition; members; qualifications; term; compensation. 
The Department of Public Safety shall consist of the Fire Department of the City and the Police Department of the City combined under the general management and control of a board of five commissioners, to be known as and called the Commission of Public Safety. One member of such Commission shall be appointed each year by the Mayor of the City on or before the third Monday of April of each year and shall hold office for a term of five years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that the first Commission be appointed upon the adoption and taking effect of this Charter amendment. One member shall be appointed as above provided for one year, one member for four years and one member for five years. The membership of the Commission of Public Safety shall be honorary and the members thereof shall serve without compensation. No elective or appointive public officer of the City of Lincoln Park or the School District of the City of Lincoln Park shall be eligible for appointment to this Commission, and if any member of this Commission shall become a candidate for any elective office in the said City of Lincoln Park, or in the School District of the City of Lincoln Park, or shall be appointed to an office by the said City of Lincoln Park, or the School District of said City of Lincoln Park, he shall immediately resign from said Commission.
(Amended November 3, 1942)
Section 3. Public Safety Commission; powers and duties. 
The Commission of Public Safety shall have general control and management of the Fire and Police Departments. They shall organize by annually electing a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary from among their number. They shall formulate rules and regulations for the organization of the Departments under their jurisdiction for the rank and number of the various officers of the respective forces for the disciplinary control and punishment and penalties for breaches of discipline or violation of rules and regulations. The executive head of the Fire Department shall be the Chief of the Fire Department and the executive head of the Police Department shall be the Chief of the Police Department, both of whom shall be directly responsible to the Commission. The Chief of the Fire Department and the Chief of the Police Department shall be appointed by the Commission of Public Safety.
(Amended November 3, 1942)
Section 4. Fire and Police Departments; maintenance; Council duties. 
The Council of the City of Lincoln Park shall maintain a Fire Department for the protection of all property in the City from fire and hazard of fire, and shall also maintain a police force for the protection of the persons and property within the City and for the good government thereof, and shall make due and proper appropriation of money for said purposes.
(Amended November 3, 1942)
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