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DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE
§ 33.035 DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE CREATED.
   (A)   In accordance with 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-4, the position of Deputy Chief of Police is hereby created. The Deputy Chief of Police shall be recommended by the Chief of Police and hired by the President with the advice and consent of the Village Board. The Deputy Chief position shall be an exempt rank immediately below that of Chief. The Deputy Chief shall have at least five years of full-time services as a police officer. The Deputy Chief shall serve at the discretion of the Village Board. If the Deputy Chief was promoted from any rank of full-time sworn officer of Riverton Police Department and, subsequently removed from the position within 12 months of their promotion, they shall revert to the rank previously held, without regard as to whether a vacancy exists in that rank. After 12 months, return to their previous position is at the discretion of the Village Board. If the Deputy Chief is hired from outside the Riverton Police Department, they shall serve a 12-month Probationary Period as prescribed in the Village Personnel Code. If the Deputy Chief is hired from outside the Riverton Police Department, there is no option for them to demote to the ranks of the police officers.
   (B)   The salary of the Deputy Chief shall be established from time to time by the corporate authorities in a salary ordinance.
(Ord. 17-001, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-024, passed 12-21-2020)
§ 33.036 DUTIES OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE.
   The Deputy Chief of Police shall have the following duties and responsibilities, which may be further detailed by the Chief of Police in a general order:
   (A)   Assist with managing and supervising Sergeants and police officers in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws, including but not limited to training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; recommending rewards and disciplinary actions; disciplining personnel as needed; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
   (B)   Assuming command of the Police Department in the absence of the Chief.
   (C)   Assisting the Chief in the development, administration, coordination, and implementation of departmental policies, procedures, programs, and activities, and monitoring the Sergeant’s and police officer’s compliance therewith;
   (D)   Representing the Police Chief, as necessary, at meetings, conferences and other public functions;
   (E)   Assist with conducting background checks and interviewing candidates for full and part-time positions;
   (F)   Other duties as assigned by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 17-001, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-024, passed 12-21-2020)
APPOINTMENT OF POLICE
§ 33.045 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
   (A)   The facts and statements contained in the preamble to the ordinance codified in this section are found by the President and Board of Trustees to be true and correct, and are hereby adopted as part of the ordinance codified in this section.
   (B)   The following standards for hiring part-time police officers be and hereby are established as follows.
      (1)   Part-time police officers shall be members of the regular Police Department of the village, except for pension, deferred compensation and other benefit purposes, as heretofore provided by ordinance. Part-time police officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full-time police officers of the Police Department. Part-time police officers shall not be used as permanent replacements for permanent full-time police officers.
      (2)   Part-time police officers shall be trained under the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officers In-Service Training Act in accordance with the procedures for part-time police officers established by the State Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
      (3)   Part-time police officers shall be a minimum of 21 years of age.
      (4)   Part-time police officers must possess a valid high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. Preference may be given to individuals with added college, military or professional training.
      (5)   Part-time police officers must successfully complete a certified State Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board 40 mandatory firearms certification course prior to carrying a firearm in the performance of their duties.
      (6)   Part-time officers must complete the 400-hour basic law enforcement recruit training or its equivalent from another jurisdiction and have or be entitled to receive a waiver from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, if necessary.
      (7)   Part-time police officers must possess a valid state driver’s license without restrictions relating to the ability to operate a motor vehicle during any portions of a 24-hour day.
      (8)   Part-time officers shall also comply with any requirements set forth in the rules and regulations for the Village Police Department, as amended, and with all applicable ordinances and regulations of the village pertaining to probationary periods for police officers.
      (9)   Reasonable accommodations to the foregoing standards, where appropriate and required by applicable law, will be made for persons with disabilities.
   (C)   The ordinance codified in this section shall amend any previous or inconsistent provisions of any ordinance of the village in regards to hiring standards of part-time police officers.
(Prior Code, § 37.008.1) (Ord. 97-021, passed 9-2-1997)
§ 33.046 PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
   The first 12-months’ service of a permanent employee candidate is a probationary period during which there shall be no responsibility on the part of the village for the continued employment of the new employee. Termination of employment during this probationary period shall not be subject to challenge by the employee. When the probationary period is completed, the permanent employee candidate shall become a permanent employee and seniority will date back six months from the date of completion of the probationary period.
(Prior Code, § 37.009) (Ord. 89-009, passed 5-2-1989)
§ 33.047 SPECIAL POLICE.
   The President may, in time of peril, danger, riot or pestilence, or apprehension thereof, and at all conflagrations, and during any public election or celebration, or unusual congregation of people, appoint for a specified time as many police officers as he or she may deem necessary and, during the term of service, such special police officers shall possess all the power and privileges and perform all the duties of regular police officers, and be subject to all the rules and regulations governing the Police Department. Special police officers shall not be considered employees of the village and shall not be entitled to compensation or the benefits of village employees.
(Prior Code, § 37.010) (Ord. 89-009, passed 5-2-1989)
§ 33.048 PRESIDENT TO REPORT SPECIAL POLICE APPOINTMENTS.
   It shall be the duty of the President to report to the Village Board, at the first regular meeting of the Board held after any such appointment, all appointments of special police officers made by him or her.
(Prior Code, § 37.011) (Ord. 89-009, passed 5-2-1989)
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