(A) Duties of Chief. The Chief of Police shall keep records and make reports of the activities of his or her Department as may be required by statute or by the City Council. The Chief shall be responsible for the performance by the member of the Police Department and of its functions, and all persons who are members of the Police Department shall serve subject to the orders of the Chief of Police. He or she shall cause the City Attorney to be informed of any suit instituted by him or her, or through his or her Department, wherein the interests of the city may require the presence of the Attorney at the trial thereof, and no case shall be disposed of unless the City Attorney or, in his or her absence, the Corporation Counsel shall have been notified of the same.
(1980 Code, § 9.003)
(B) Deputy Police Chiefs.
(1) Generally. There is hereby created the positions of two Deputy Police Chiefs. It shall be the duty of the Deputy Police Chiefs to assist the Police Chief in managing and administering the Police Department including, among others, assignments they will be given from time to time by the Chief of Police, but shall include inspection, both operational and functional as well as all aspects of departmental training.
(2) Selection. The Deputy Police Chiefs shall be appointed by the Police Chief from among all personnel of the Police Department, with the advice and consent of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.
(3) Tenure. The Deputy Chiefs shall have no tenure in or right to such position. Instead, the Deputy Police Chiefs may be removed at any time by the Police Chief, with the advice and consent of the Board, notwithstanding any other provisions of §§ 40.080 through 40.105, of this code, pertaining to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, or other ordinance, rule, regulation or law generally applicable to the removal of a member of the Police Department. In the event an individual is named Deputy Police Chief and is thereafter removed; such person shall be entitled to resume his or her former place or position with the Police Department at his or her previously held civil service grade. This provision is not intended, however, to limit the right of the Police Chief, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners or other applicable authority to remove or discharge such person from the Police Department as otherwise allowed by this Code or other applicable ordinance, rule, regulation, or law generally applicable to the removal of a member of the Police Department.
(1980 Code, § 9.017) (Ord. 9309, passed 6-26-2017)