(A) Each member of the Department shall be a conservator of the peace and shall have power to arrest all persons in the city found in the act of violating any law or ordinance, or aiding or abetting in any such violation, or any person whom any officer has reasonable grounds for believing has committed a public offense, and who is liable to escape before his or her arrest, and forthwith take all persons so arrested to the office of the Police Magistrate or some justice of the peace for trial. They shall have power and authority in the city to serve and execute warrants and other processes for the apprehension and commitment of persons charged with, held for examination or trial, or taken in the act of committing any crime or misdemeanor, or violating any law or ordinance of the city, in the same manner and with like authority as a constable by the laws of the state. All policemen shall daily report to the Chief all arrests made during the day or night, and all material facts relating to them; and the Chief shall keep a book in which shall be recorded all arrests made by the Police Department, and the offenses for which the arrests were made, and where the same were made, by number and street.
(B) The regular work day of each policeman shall be an eight-hour shift; provided, however, this provision regarding the hours of work for members of the Department shall not be effective where, in the opinion of the Mayor or Chief, a condition exists in the city that requires the service of any and all policemen; in which case the members of the Department shall be subject to duty at any and all times and shall not be entitled to any extra pay or allowed additional vacation at a future time therefor. Each policeman shall be entitled to a maximum of two hours’ pay at the rate of 1 times his or her normal rate of pay for any day when the policeman is called to court on his or her off-duty by either the City Attorney or the state’s attorney or his or her authorized assistants.
(C) Each member of the Department shall be entitled to vacation with pay, annually, as stated in Ordinance 893 passed October 22, 1974, to be taken before the end of his or her annual date of employment, except that no member shall be entitled to vacation until he or she shall have completed one year of service, and no proportionate vacation shall be allowed for any fractional part of a year of service. No accumulation or cash-in of vacation shall be permitted.
(D) Vacations shall be arranged and granted by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and the Chief of Police in such manner that the Department shall at no time be insufficiently manned.
(E) Every member of the Department who shall be absent from duty, except on account of his or her sickness, or unavoidable accident to himself or herself, or by permission of the Chief, shall have the period of such absence deducted from his or her next salary payment, and the Chief shall report to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, all cases of absence from duty and shall assign the reason for the absence.
(Ord. 895, passed 1-28-1974)