The City shall maintain a police force consisting of an officer directly in charge thereof and of not less than forty-three other officers, patrolmen and employees, as may otherwise be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 38 of this Charter. In case of riot or like emergency the City Manager, or the Mayor, if he/she shall have been authorized by Council to take charge of the police force may appoint additional patrolmen and officers for temporary service who need not be in the classified service of the City. The officer directly in charge of the police force shall have control of the stationing, and other disposition, of all members of the force under such rules and regulations as he may establish with the approval of the City Manager.
(Amended 11-3-87; 11-8-11)