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Codified Ordinances of Springfield, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
THE CHARTER
PART ONE--ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE ONE - General Provisions
TITLE THREE - Legislative
TITLE FIVE--Administrative
TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
TITLE NINE - Employment Provisions
TITLE ELEVEN - Judicial
TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN--BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - ZONING CODE
PART TWELVE - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
PART THIRTEEN--BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE
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139.04 POLICE DIVISION.
   A Police Division of the Department of Public Safety is hereby established. The Police Division shall preserve the peace; protect persons and property; and enforce all traffic and criminal ordinances and laws.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)
 
139.05 CLASSIFICATION OF POLICE DIVISION PERSONNEL.
   Personnel in the Police Division are classified according to the following ranks and positions:
 
Uniformed Personnel
Non-uniformed Personnel
Chief
Forensic Criminologist
Captain
Data Processing Supervisor
Lieutenant
Administrative Assistant
Sergeant
Computer Programmer
Patrolman
Records Supervisor
 
Communications Operator
 
Clerk Steno II
 
Clerk Steno I
 
Police Service Clerk
 
Community Service Officers
 
Clerk Typist I
   (Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)
139.06 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF FIRE AND POLICE DIVISIONS.
   The City Manager, as Director of Public Safety, shall adopt and promulgate general rules and regulations governing the operation of the Fire and Police Divisions.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)
 
139.07 POLICE AUXILIARY UNIT.
   A Police Auxiliary Unit of the Police Division of the Department of Public Safety is hereby established. The Police Auxiliary Unit consists of qualified members appointed and removed by the City Manager as Director of Public Safety. The Unit shall assist and aid the Police Division and perform such duties as are assigned to the Unit by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)
 
 
139.08 POLICE AUXILIARY UNIT REGULATIONS.
   The Chief of Police shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing the qualifications, dress, weaponry, conduct, supervision and discipline of the members of the Police Auxiliary Unit while on duty with the Police Division.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)
 
139.09 OFFICERS AND BYLAWS OF POLICE AUXILIARY UNIT.
   The Police Auxiliary Unit may elect a captain and subordinate officers of the Unit. The Police Auxiliary Unit may adopt bylaws in conformity with the ordinances and rules and regulations of the City.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)
 
139.10 POLICE CHIEF AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE TAX EXEMPTION FORMS.
   The Chief of the Police Division is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, tax exemption forms seeking exemption from Federal excise taxes related to the purchase of firearms by the City to be used in law enforcement.
(Ord. 93-307. Passed 9-7-93.)
 
139.11 POLICE CHIEF AUTHORIZED TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY.
   When property has come into the possession of the Police Division by virtue of having been stolen and recovered, abandoned, taken into evidence, or otherwise, the Police Chief may dispose of such property as follows in lieu of the process stated in Ohio Revised Code §§ 737.29, et seq.:
   (a)   When other applicable law requires a particular manner of disposal, the Police Chief shall dispose of it as required.
   (b)   When other applicable law permits, but does not require a particular manner of disposal, the Police Chief may dispose of such property as permitted.
   (c)   When other applicable law does not require a particular manner of disposal and either:
      (1)   the Police Chief or his subordinates have been unable to identify the owner of such property despite reasonable efforts to do so, or
      (2)   the owner of such property has failed to reclaim such property after having been given a reasonable opportunity to do so,
      the Police Chief may dispose of such property on such terms as the Police Chief reasonably determines are best suited to the nature and condition of the property being disposed of.
      (Ord. 18-49. Passed 2-27-18.)
 
139.12 MAXIMUM AGE FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
   Notwithstanding any provision of the Ohio Revised Code to the contrary, there shall be no maximum age restriction for an applicant seeking an initial appointment as a Police Officer with the City of Springfield.
(Ord. 23-277. Passed 8-15-2023.)