There is established the full-time offices of Police Chief, Deputy Police Chief, Police Lieutenant, Police
Sergeants, Police Patrol Officers and any other special officers and employees in the Police Department. The Police Department shall be organized and the offices thereof shall function as provided by the rules and regulations and shall be subject to the control fo the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and the Mayor and City Council where in each case, the control is provided by law. The chain of command shall be in the following order: Police Chief, Deputy Police Chief, Police Lieutenant, Police Sergeants, Police Patrol Officers and other special officers and employees and part-time/auxiliary Police Officers who shall be directly under the command of the Police Chief. In the event that the Police Chief or Deputy Police Chief is discharged from that position without cause, he or she shall revert to and be established in whatever rank he or she held immediately prior to that he or she was removed from, except for previously appointed positions, and thereafter to all the benefits of that rank without regard as to whether a vacancy then exists in that rank.
(Ord. 2014-07-0504O, passed 7-22-2014)