CHAPTER 238
Department of Safety

   EDITOR’S NOTE: At the time of preparation of these Codified Ordinances, the Municipality did not have a Fire Department or Division. Fire protection and ambulance services are provided for the Municipality by Clearcreek and Franklin Townships. Copies of all relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk of Council.

238.01   Division of Police; composition.

238.02   Residency requirement.

238.03   Supervision, jurisdiction and personnel.

238.04   Dispatchers.

238.05   Part-Time Police Officer Unit.

238.06   Scheduling.

CROSS REFERENCES

General provisions - see CHTR. Sec. 7.07

Compliance with orders of police - see TRAF. 404.01; GEN. OFF. 606.13

Disposition of property held by police - see GEN. OFF. 606.24

238.01 DIVISION OF POLICE; COMPOSITION.

   The Division of Police shall consist of a Chief of Police and such other officers and personnel as Council, from time to time, determines.

238.02 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.

   Full-time and part-time members of the Division of Police shall be residents of the Municipality or live within an approximate fifteen-mile radius of the Municipality.

(Ord. 671. Passed 10-6-77.)

238.03 SUPERVISION, JURISDICTION AND PERSONNEL.

   The Chief of Police, under the general supervision of the Director of Safety, shall be the head of the Division of Police. All matters involving law enforcement, the preservation of the peace and the protection of persons and property (except fire protection) shall be under the jurisdiction of the Division. Personnel assigned to the Division include all full-time and part-time police officers.

238.04 DISPATCHERS.

   All dispatchers are hereby assigned to the Division of Police. All dispatchers shall be expected, when not busy or involved with their normal dispatching duties, to perform typing, xeroxing or other duties as may be requested of them by the Chief of Police.