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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD07650 Owl BILL NO. INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN SCRIVNER4 1101AK'C ORDINANCE N0. ? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 7486 OF THE CITY RELATING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE SAME SUBJECT, PROVIDING FOR THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, VARIOUS GRADES IN RANK AMONG THE PERSONNEL, THE QUALIFICATIONS, METHOD OF SELECTION, APPOINTMENT, TERM OF OFFICE, REMOVEL AND DUTIES OF THE PERSONNEL. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: police Section 1. Ordinance Number 7486 relating to the/department be, and the same hereby, repealed. Section 2, Police Department Personnel. The police department of the city shall consist of the Chief of Police, four captains, three sergeants, three corporals (one of whom shall. serve as the policewoman stenographer) , fourteen policemen, one policewoman clerk typist and one parking meter attendant checker. Section 3. Qualifications, term, removal and oath. No person shall be appointed to any position in the police department who is not able-bodied, industrious and sober, and who is not a qualified voter of the city and a resident thereof for at least one year prior to said appointment. Each member of the police department shall hold his office for a period of one year, provided that the mayor, with the consent of a majority of the members of the city council., may remove any member of the department, with the exception of the Chief of Police, at will, and that the city council by` a two-thirds vote of all members elected to that body, may remove any member of the department, with the exception of the Chief of Police, at will., with- out the mayor's recommendation or approval; and provided further that before entering upon the discharge of their duties, each member of the department shall. take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation as is required by the charter of the city for city officers and employees. Section 4. Police Board to pass upon qualifications. The police board of the city shall pass upon the eligibility and qualifications of all applicants for the positions in the police department, except ® the Chief of Police. At least five (5) days before the second regular meeting of the city council after each city election, the Chief of Police shall submit to the police board a list of the names of applicants for positions in the police department. In no event shall the list contain fewer names than the number of policemen currently authorized. From the list of applicants submitted to it, the police board shall return to the Chief of Police a list of the names of applicants whose qualifications are approved by it. Should the Chief of Police submit a list containing more names than the number of personnel currently authorized, and should the board find that there are a greater number of applicants whose qualifications are satisfactory, for positions in the department than the number of currently authorized positions in the department, the Board, in its discretion, may return to the Chief of Police a list of names of applicants exceeding the number of positions currently authorized in the department, and the Chief of Police shall select therefrom a sufficient number of the applicants to fill the positions currently authorized in the department. In the event the board fails to approve a sufficient number of names from the list submitted to fill. all positions current- ly authorized in the department, the Board shall return to the Chief of Police the names of such persons whose qualifications have been approved, and the Chief of Police shall immediately send to the board sufficient additional names to equal the remaining number of positions to be filled in the department. `v� U ,^ The Police Board shall confer with the Chief of Police from time to time to determine if the department is being properly conducted, and the Board shall make such reports and recommendations, touching upon the needs and operation of the department, as the Board deems proper. Section 5. App ointment of Personnel. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, at or before the second regular meeting of the city council. after each regular city election, to appoint all personnel authorized by ordinance to their position in the department for a term of one year. All personnel appointed shall have been approved by the Police Board, and the appointments of all personnel shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the city council. Section 6. Designation of rank in the department. The Chief of Police shall designate the names of the four police captains, the three police sergeants, the three police corporals, the police clerk typist and the parking meter attendant checker. Section 7. Duties of Personnel. All personnel in the depart- ment shall perform such duties as may be designated to them by the Chief of Police. Each member of the department shall be prompt and alert in the discharge of their duties, hold themselves in readiness to obey and execute all lawful orders, rules and regulations of the department, the mayor and the city council. All members of the department shall report any known violations of the city ordinances and take such steps as may be necessary to enforce all ordinances of the city. Section 8. Uniform and badge, plainclothesmen. Every member of the department, while on duty, shall wear a uniform and badge to indicate his or her official position, and the kind of uniform and badge shall be prescribed by the Chief of Police and the Police Board. The city shall furnish such badge but each member of the department shall furnish their own uniform out of the clothing allowance authorized by ordinance. The Chief of Police and the Police Board may designate one or more of the members of the department as plain- clothesmen during such period of time as they may deem necessary. Section 9. Eight hour day. All of the members of the department shall work only eight (8) hours a day unless in case of an emergency. Three eight (8) hour shifts each day shall be arranged by the Chief of Police in such manner as will best promot efficient working condi- tions in the department. Section 10. Reports. The Police Department shall keep a record ® of all routine calls received in the department and all records of the personnel of the department. Every member of the department assigned to a beat or to police car patrol shall report to the Depart- ment once each hour while on duty. In the assignment of Personnel to beats or police car patrol duty, the Chief of Police shall attempt to provide the greatest measure of protection to the business sections of the city. Section 11. Powers of arrest. All personnel in the department shall have the power to arrest all persons observed violating the laws of the United States of America, the State of Missouri and the ordinances of the city in the same manner as the Chief of Police could perform such arrest, and thereafter keep any person arrested in jail or under detention, sucject to the ordinances of the city re- lating to bond, to prevent their escape until such person can be brought before the police court for trial or other disposition of the offense for which the arrest was made. Section 12. Persons arrested; search of, property held, how. Whenever, any person shall. be arrested for a felony, or in an attempt to perpetrate a felony, the regular police officer making such arrest • shall immediately cause such person to be searched, and all money, notes, letters, checks, or property of whatever description, found upon his or her person, shall be taken possession of by the officer and thereupon reported to the Chief of Police, who shall. make and preserve a correct memorandum of the same, and be responsible for its safekeeping until otherwise disposed of by the police judge, or other proper authority. When any person shall. be arrested for drunkenness, disturbing the peace-., or other violation of any ordinance of this city, it shall. be ]awful. for any regular police officer making such arrest to dispossess such person of any knife, pistol or other dangerous weapon he may find on or about his person, and the property so taken shall be reported to the Chief of Police and accounted for as provided in case of an arrest for felony. Section 13. Misconduct in office. Any member of the department who shall become intoxicated or in any wise improperly conduct him- self or herself while on duty, or shall accept from any person arrested any present or gratuity of any description, or who shall re- fuse or neglect to discharge the duties imposed by the ordinances of this city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $100. 00 and upon the entry of a final judgment shall be discharged; provided that, any member of the department may be temporarily suspended by the Chief of Police, with the consent of the Police Board, pending any investigation of a complaint of misconduct in office. Section 14. Special police, appointment. oath, powers, duties, discharge. The Chief of Police shall have the power and authority to appoint special policemen, subject to the confirmation of the mayor and the city council, in case of extraordinary emergencies, such as public celebrations, exhibitions or gatherings within the city, or when for other causes the public safety may require it. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, such special policemen shall take and subscribe to the oath of office re- quired of other members of the department. While acting as policemen, said special policemen shall have the same powers and duties as all other personnel in the police department, and upon the termination of the emergency or other cause for their appointment, they shall be discharged by the Chief of Police. Section 15. All other ordinances in conflict with this ordinance creating grades in rank of personnel within the police department are repealed insofar as they conflict with this ordinance. ' -dy.r Section lb. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Passed: Approved: ® S L r es dent of the Council Mayor Attest: City Clerk '