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There is hereby established a department of the municipal government of the city, which shall be known as the Police Department. It shall embrace the City Council Standing Committee on Public Safety, one Chief of Police and such other regular patrolmen as the City Council may hereafter from time to time provide for, and also such special police officers as the Mayor, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may appoint and commission.
(1975 Code, § 30.20)
(A) The City Council Standing Committee on Public Safety shall exercise a general supervision over the affairs of the Police Department.
(B) It shall ascertain the condition and needs thereof; shall, from time to time, report the same to the Mayor and City Council so that a full understanding thereof shall be had; and, generally shall do all acts necessary to promote the efficiency of the Department.
(1975 Code, § 30.21)
(A) The Chief of Police shall devote his or her entire time to the performance of the duties of his or her office, and is hereby charged with the preservation of the peace, order and safety of the city, and with the duty of protecting the rights of persons and property, and of enforcing all laws and also all orders of the City Council.
(B) He or she shall take notice of all nuisances, obstructions and defects, on the highways, or other public places, and shall cause the same to be abated or removed, or immediate notice thereof given to the proper officer, whose duty it may be to take action in relation thereto.
(C) He or she shall attend, either in person or by deputy, all meetings of the City Council, execute all its orders, and close the Council chamber upon the adjournment of that body. He or she shall also execute all warrants or other legal process required to be executed by him or her under any ordinance of the city.
(1975 Code, § 30.25)
A sufficient number of patrolmen shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, and they shall severally hold office from year to year, or until the appointment and qualification of their respective successors, and shall each, before entering into the performance of their duties, take the oath or affirmation required by law and execute a bond, with security to be approved by the City Council, in the penal sum of $500, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, and the payment by each office of all monies received by him or her, according to law and the ordinances of the city, which bonds shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
(1975 Code, § 30.27)
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