Chapter II, Section X - Police Department

Sec. 2-10-1.    Creation; Composition.

There is hereby created a Police Department for the Town which shall consist of one (1) Town Marshal who shall be known as the Chief of Police and as many deputy marshals, who shall be known as policemen, as may be needed.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-2.    Departmental rules and regulations.

The Police Department shall be operated and managed in accordance with such departmental rules and regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the Chief of Police with approval of the Town Administrator and in compliance with state and federal law.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-3.    Appointment, powers and duties of Chief of Police.

The Town Administrator shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall be the head of the Police Department and work under the supervision of the Town Administrator.  It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to:

1. See that the ordinances of the Town are duly enforced and the rules and regulations of the Police Department obeyed, and perform such duties as may be required by the Town Administrator.
2. Direct the operations of the Police Department, subject to the rules and regulations thereof.
3. Arrest any person violating any of the Town ordinances and take such violator before the Municipal Court for trial.
4. Render such accounts of the Police Department, his or her duties, and receipts as may be required, and keep the public records of his or her office open to inspection by the Board of Trustees at any time.
5. Before entering upon the duties of such office, the Chief of Police shall take and subscribe to an oath that he or she will support the Constitution and laws of the State, the Constitution of the United States and ordinances of the Town, and that he or she will faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he or she is about to enter.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-4.    Duties of police officers.

All members of the Police Department shall have power and duties as follows:

1. They shall perform all duties required by state and federal law.
2. They shall suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, apprehend all disorderly persons in the Town and pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the State.
3. They shall be the enforcement officers of the Town and shall see that the provisions of this Code and the laws of the State are complied with.  They shall arrest without process all persons engaged in a violation in their presence of any provision of this Code or the law of the State.  Upon such arrest, they shall forthwith convey such offenders before the proper officer to be dealt with according to law; provided that they may incarcerate any person whom they shall arrest at a late and unusual hour of the night until the following morning; and provided further that, in the special cases relating to traffic and animal offenses, they may release an arrested person upon written promise to appear in Court.
4. They shall report such offenses as may come to their knowledge to the Chief of Police or they shall report the same to the Municipal Judge, securing a warrant for the arrest of offenders when desirable.
5. They shall execute and return all writs and process to them directed by the Municipal Judge in any case arising under a Town ordinance.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-5.    Oath.

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each police officer shall take and subscribe an oath that he or she will support the Constitution and laws of the State, the Constitution of the United States and the ordinances of the Town, and that he or she will faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he or she is about to enter.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-6.    Uniforms.

Every police officer shall wear at all times while on duty a uniform of the type and quality prescribed by the Chief of Police.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-7.    Duty of citizens to aid.

It shall be the duty of all persons, when called upon by any police officer, to promptly aid and assist such officer in the discharge of his or her duties.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)

Sec. 2-10-8.    Extraterritorial duty.

The Chief of Police may in his or her discretion, upon request of the chief of police or person exercising the functions thereof in any other jurisdiction, assign police officers under his or her control together with such equipment as he or she shall deem to be proper, to perform temporary duty in the requesting jurisdiction.  (Ord. 530 §1, 2006)