The Chief of Police shall:
(a) Assume supervision of the operation of the Police Department and perform such other duties or functions as may be required or authorized by State law or by resolution or ordinance of Council or by the Mayor;
(b) Be the head of the Police Department and have authority, management and control over all members and employees of the Department while they are engaged in the performance of their duties;
(c) Have exclusive management and control over all Police Department equipment and have authority to assign, station and deploy such equipment as he or she deems appropriate for the efficient operation of the Department as well as for the health, safety and welfare of the Municipality;
(d) Have exclusive management and control of the assignment, stationing, transfer and deployment of all personnel under his or her command;
(e) Establish standards of dress for the Department and standards pertaining to uniforms for all employees of the Department; and
(f) Establish necessary orders for the management of the Police Department when, in his or her judgment, such orders will be beneficial to the efficient operation of the Department as well as beneficial to the health, safety and welfare of the Municipality.
(Ord. 92-289. Passed 12-15-92.)