The Chief of Police and other police officers shall, when on duty, wear such uniforms as shall be prescribed by the City Council and shall keep the same in a neat condition, and upon discharge or resignation or dismissal, surrender such uniforms when the same shall have been purchased by the city for their use, and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to see that the force presents a neat and respectable appearance; provided, that any member of the police force designated or employed for emergency, limited or special duty, or anyone working generally as detective or doing detective work, need not be clad in a uniform unless specially directed by the Chief of Police to wear a uniform.
(Code 2019, § 15-8) (Code 1961, § 12-10)