(A) Duties and powers. The Chief of Police, under the superintendence of the Mayor, shall have the general management, supervision, control and direction of all members of the Police Department, police patrol cars, police radio system and of all property belonging to or appertaining to the Police Department. He or she shall be executive head of the Police Department, and his or her orders shall be obeyed implicitly. He or she shall be responsible for the discipline, good order and efficiency of the Police Department and of the various functions thereof. He or she shall attend to the abatement and removal of nuisances and shall execute and enforce all lawful orders of the Mayor and City Council.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-3)
(B) Badge. The Chief of Police shall carry a badge of office, a metal star with the name of the office engraved thereon.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-2)
(C) May summon aid. The Chief of Police may orally summon as many persons as he or she finds necessary to aid him or her in making an arrest of any person accused or suspected of a crime, or in the suppression of any riot or unlawful assemblage, or in the prevention of the violation of any provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-3)
(D) Public peace. The Chief of Police shall cause the public peace to be preserved, shall enforce all laws and provisions of this code and when any violation thereof shall come to his or her knowledge or be reported to him or her on reliable information, he or she shall cause the requisite complaint to be made and see that the evidence is procured for the successful prosecution of the offender.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-4)
(E) Disturbances. The Chief of Police shall suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace; apprehend any person in the act of committing an offense against the laws of the state or the provisions of this code and forthwith bring such person or persons before the proper authority for examination and trial. He or she shall examine into all violations of this code and the criminal laws of the state and all nuisances within the corporate limits of the city, and report the same to the Mayor.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-5)
(F) Attend Council meetings. The Chief of Police shall be the sergeant at arms of the Council chamber and shall attend all meetings of the Council and do such other things as the Mayor and Council shall, from time to time, direct.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-7)
(G) Record of receipts. The Chief of Police shall keep a correct account, in a book provided for that purpose, of all money or property belonging to the city coming into his or her hands from whatever source, stating from whom or on what account the same was paid, and he or she shall, when not otherwise provided, pay over monthly to the Clerk all money and securities in hand belonging to the city and take the Clerk’s receipt therefor.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-8)
(H) Reports. The Chief of Police shall make quarterly reports to the Council, and more often if required by them, of his or her acts and doings as Chief of Police, and shall submit his or her books to the inspection of the Mayor, Council or any committee of the Council, whenever requested by them to do so.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-9)
(I) Other powers. The Chief of Police shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be provided by the Council, the provisions of this code or the laws of the state.
(Prior Code, § 6-1A-10)
(Ord. 8, passed 12-7-1953)