The Safety Director shall serve as the head of the Department of Safety, provided that the City Manager shall serve as the Safety Director until the Council shall create the separate position of Safety Director. The Department of Safety shall have the supervision and control over the functions of police, fire, and life squad protection, which functions may be provided by the creation of separate or combined divisions or by contract with any other unit of government or with private firms, persons, corporations or associations, as determined by the Council by ordinance. The head of the Department of Safety shall have those powers, duties and functions as provided by the Council by ordinance. The Department of Safety may, upon authorization of the Council, include an auxiliary police unit and voluntary or full-time fire personnel.
(Amended November 3, 1987)