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BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEN :
ORDINANCE NO. 7 �lgT7
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 7279 RELATING TO THE
TRAFFIC DIVISION OF THE JEFFERSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE SAME SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance Number 7279 relating to the Traffic
Division of the Jefferson City Police Department be, and the
same is hereby, repealed.
Section 2. Traffic Division. There is hereby established
a traffic division within the police department of the city.
Section 3. Personnel. The traffic division shall consist
of a traffic captain, a traffic sergeant and eight regular
traffic officers .
Section 4. Qualifications . No person shall be a member
of the traffic division who is not able-bodied and sober and
who is not a qualified voter of this city and a resident thereof
for at least one year preceding appointment to the traffic
division.
Section 5. Appointment and Term. All members of the
traffic division shall be appointed by the city marshall, with
the consent of a majority of the members of the City Council,
for a period of not to exceed one year; provided that the City
Marshall may remove any traffic officer with the approval of
at least two-thirds of all members of the City Council; all
members of the traffic division shall be appointed at or before
the second regular council meeting following each annual
general city election.
Section 6. Oath of office. Before entering upon the
discharge of their duties, each member of the traffic division
shall take and subscribe to an oath as is required by the
charter of the city for city officers.
Section 7 . Uniform and badge. Each member of the traffic
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division atiall wea:` a uniform and badge to be prescribed by
tho City Marshall to indicate their rank and position. The
city clerk uhall furnish the badge and each member shall
furnish his own uniform.
Section 8. Eight Hour Day. Each member of the traffic
division shall work eight hours per day except as required in
event of an emergency. The City Marshall may assign the hours
of duty of each member of the traffic division.
Section 9. Traffic Captain. The City Marshall shall
designate one member of the division as a traffic captain,
with the consent of a majority of the members of the City Council,
and the traffic captain shall supervise the operation of the
division and insure that all members of the traffic division
observe and obey all orders of the City Marshall relating to
the regulation of traffic .
Section 10 . Traffic Sergeant. The City Marshall shall also
designate one member of the division as a traffic sergeant,
with the approval and consent of the Council . The traffic
sergeant shall aid and assist the traffic captain in the
operation of the traffic division and shall carry out all orders
of the traffic captain and City Marshall relating to the
regulation of traffic.
Section 11. Duties. It shall be the duty of every member
of the traffic division to enforce all traffic and other
ordinances of the city and to arrest persons observed violating
ordinances of the city. All members of the traffic division
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
City Marshall from time to time.
Section 12 . Effective date. This ordinance shall take
effect and bey in force from and after its passage �nd approval.
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