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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN SCRIVNF,R
ORDINANCE NO. `I X51
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 7487 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 7487 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is hereby, repealed.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 lieutenant, a traffic sergeant and seven
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
division shall. wear a uniform and badge to be prescribed by the City
Marshall to indicate their rank and position. The city clerk shall
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.
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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 Ctty Council , and the I.raffic
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 Lieutenant and traffic sergeant. The City
Marshall, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall
designate one member of the division as a traffic lieutenant and
another member as a traffic sergeant. These two traffic officers
shall aid and assist the traffic captain in the operation of the
division and shall carry out all orders of the traffic captain and
City Marshall relating to 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 be in force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed: Approved: !� S
esident of the Co it Mayor
Attest:
CiVi Clerk
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