The Chief of Police, shall, subject to the directions of the City Manager, have charge of and be responsible for the police force of the City and see that all subordinate police officers faithfully perform their official duties; he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Council, a majority of all the councilmen elected concurring by yeas and nays, appoint all the subordinate police officers, he shall be ex officio a constable within the corporate limits of his City; may execute any writ or process issued by the Mayor or justice of the peace at any place in Brooke County. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to collect all fines and costs at the time of trial or assessment of said fines and costs by the Mayor, and make monthly reports thereof to the Council and pay said fines and costs and all City moneys that may come into his possession to the City Collector and Treasurer weekly; and he shall have in all respects the same power to enforce the collection of fines and costs as the sheriff of Brooke County now has, or may hereafter have, to enforce the collection and payment of fines and costs; he shall have all the powers, rights and privileges within the corporate limits of the City and anywhere within Brooke County in regard to the arrest of persons, the collection of claims and the execution and return of process, that can be legally exercised by a constable of a district in which the said City is situated, and he and his sureties shall be liable to all fines, penalties and forfeitures that a constable of a district is liable to, for any failure or dereliction in his office, to be recovered in the same manner and in the same courts that the fines, penalties and forfeitures may be recovered against such constable. All subordinate police officers shall have all the powers, rights and privileges of a constable of the district within the corporate limits of the City, in regard to the arrest of persons and the execution and return of all criminal writs and process issued by the Mayor, but the Council may exempt them from giving the bond required by constables.
The Chief of Police shall before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond for the faithful performance by him of the duties of his office, and for the accounting for any paying over as required by law, all the money which may come into his hands by virtue of his office, with sureties satisfactory to the Council in a penalty of two thousand dollars, and shall for his compensation receive a salary of not less than six hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars per month during his tenure of office, the same to be affixed by the Council. (Acts 1931, ch. 82; 12-14-54; 2-18-75; 6-19-81)