(A) There shall be, and is hereby created, a City Police Department. Said Police Department is to consist of 17 members, the grades of which members shall be that one member shall be the Chief of Police Department and 16 members shall be police officers.
(B) The rank and personnel of said Police Department shall be designated by the Police Chief.
(C) The duties of the Chief of Police shall be all those duties now prescribed by statute.
(D) Any member of the Police Department may be removed from office by a majority vote of the City Council upon good cause shown, the Council to be the sole judge of what constitutes good cause.
(E) The Chief of Police and the entire Police Department are hereby charged with the enforcement of law in the city, including the statutes and the ordinances existing at this time, or as may be by the Council of any member or members of the Police Department.
(F) The Chief of Police and the entire Police Department shall at all times render themselves amenable to the orders of the City Council and failure to carry out the directions of the Council shall constitute good cause for the removal of the Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department.
(G) The city shall buy and pay for uniforms including caps and necessary identification badges for the Chief of Police and each police officers and they shall keep said uniforms cleaned and pressed and in first class wearable condition at all times and bear the expense thereof themselves. The Mayor shall have the authority to pass upon neatness of the Police Department and, in his or her judgment, may require a police officers to meet the requirements of this section, if necessary.
(Ord. 134, passed 12-26-1939; Ord. 139, passed 6-6-1940; Ord. 145, passed 9-5-1940)