The Police Department shall consist of the following divisions:
(A) Operations Division.
(1) The Operations Division shall be headed by an operations officer with the rank of captain, whose function it will be to assist the Chief of Police in the management and functioning of the Police Department, and who shall have authority pursuant to instructions from the Chief of Police to issue orders and instructions and attend to all details of the Police Department.
(2) The operations officer shall further have the authority and responsibility of inspecting the police station, jail, records of the dispatcher, patrol cars, equipment, and personnel.
(B) Patrol Division. The Patrol Division shall consist of those police officers whose duty it is to normally patrol the streets and areas within the corporate limits, and to perform those functions, duties and responsibilities customarily performed by police officers. The Patrol Division shall be divided into two shifts, with a sergeant in charge of each shift and each officer within the shift shall be directly responsible to the sergeant.
(C) Records and Jail Division. The Records and Jail Division shall consist of a jailer, whose general responsibilities will be to maintain order and discipline within the police station, to make frequent inspections of the jail, care for prisoners and insure that complete entries are made in the jail log.
(D) Communications Division. The Communications Division shall consist of a dispatcher, whose responsibility it will be to keep a complete radio log, record all incoming calls, both radio and telephone, and to generally be responsible for communications.
(Prior Code, § 3-1003)