A. Qualifications: No person shall be eligible to hold the office of chief of police unless he shall possess technical training in and knowledge of principles and accepted good practices and procedures as applied to police administration. He shall:
1. Have considerable knowledge of the standards by which the quality of police services is evaluated and of the use of police records and their application to police administration.
2. Have considerable knowledge of types and uses of firearms, communications and automotive equipment in modern police work.
3. Have a knowledge of the function of federal, state and local jurisdictions and authorities as related to police work.
4. Have the ability to plan, lay out and supervise the work of subordinates performing police activities and to develop proper training and instructional procedures for those employees and to maintain a high level of discipline and morale.
5. Have had experience in modern police work which has afforded progressively responsible experience in a variety of police functions, including responsible supervisory police duties and graduation from a standard high school, supplemented by formal training in modern police administration and practice.
B. Duties: It shall be the duty of the chief of police to:
1. Provide for the custody, care and control of the public property of the department of police, including all firearms and other equipment and the books and records of the department of police.
2. Devote his full time to the duties and responsibilities of his office.
3. Preserve the peace, order, safety and cleanliness of the village.
4. Execute and enforce all ordinances and police regulations and orders of the village board of trustees.
5. Protect the rights of persons and property within the village.
6. Take notice of all nuisances and at all times render all assistance necessary to departments of the village in abatement thereof 1 .
7. Take notice of all impediments, obstructions and defects in the walks, streets, avenues and public places of the village and cause to give immediate notice thereof to the proper person, including those whose duty it may be to attend to the removal of the same.
8. Make a full and complete annual report to the village board of trustees of all police department operations for the preceding year.
9. Make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with fire and police commission rules and regulations concerning the police department; provided, that before taking effect, such rules and regulations shall have been submitted to and approved by the president and board of trustees. (Ord. 447, 2-14-1974)
10. Keep a record of all property which may be seized or otherwise acquired by the police department under circumstances supporting a reasonable belief that such property was abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed, except property seized during a search and retained and ultimately returned, destroyed or otherwise disposed of pursuant to order of a court, and except property of which custody and disposition is prescribed by 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/4-201 et seq 2 . Such property believed to be abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed shall be retained in custody by the chief of police and he shall make reasonable inquiry and efforts to identify and notify the owner or such persons entitled to possession thereof and shall return the property after such person provides reasonable and satisfactory proof of his ownership or right to possession and reimburses the police department for all reasonable expenses of such custody. Weapons that have been confiscated as a result of having been abandoned or illegally possessed may be transferred to the department of state police for use by the crime laboratory system, for training purposes, or for any other application as deemed appropriate by the department, if no legitimate claim is made for the confiscated weapon within six (6) months of the date of confiscation, or within six (6) months of final court disposition if such confiscated weapon was used for evidentiary purposes. If the identity or location of the owner or other person entitled to possession of the property has not been ascertained within six (6) months after the police department obtains such possession, the chief of police shall effectuate the sale of the property for cash to the highest bidder at a public auction, notice of which (including time, place and a brief description of such property) shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein such official has authority at least ten (10) days prior to such auction. However, if the chief of police determines that the interests of the public would best be served thereby, he may transfer custody of the property to the village, rather than effectuating the sale of the property by public auction. Property offered but not sold at such public auction may be offered and sold at a subsequent public auction without such notice. Proceeds of the sale of the property at public auction less reimbursement to the law enforcement agency of the reasonable expenses of custody thereof, shall be deposited in the treasury of the village. The owner or other person entitled to possession of such property may claim and recover possession of the property at any time before its sale at public auction, upon providing reasonable and satisfactory proof of ownership or right to possession and reimbursing the law enforcement agency for all reasonable expenses of custody thereof. No person shall be responsible for consequent damages to another occasioned by an act or omission in compliance with this act. (1994 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 4, chapter 1 of this code. |
| 2 | 1. See title 6, chapter 5 of this code for abandoned, wrecked vehicles. |