No member while on active duty or engaged in any special assignment
shall indulge in the drinking of any alcoholic beverages. The Mayor, any member
of the Council or the Chief of Police is especially charged to suspend from
duty at once any member under the influence of alcoholic liquor while on duty,
and at the earliest possible time thereafter report such suspension to the
Borough Council for subsequent action.
Every member of the Police Department shall be considered as on duty
24 hours of each day, and may be assigned to active duty at any time by the
Chief of Police.
Members of the Department must be punctual to the minute in reporting
for duty and in all other details. Delay in transit will not excuse lateness,
except such delay as is caused in the line of duty, in which case a report
in writing shall be submitted to the superior officer.
A.
It shall be the duty of each member of the Department
to be in the police headquarters in proper uniform, with proper equipment
and ready for duty at the time designated as the beginning of his term of
duty for that date.
B.
Any member not present at headquarters at the scheduled
time listed for his term of duty may be liable for the loss of that day's
salary and/or suspension, unless for reasons of sickness, death, emergency
or other reason permission to be absent has been previously granted by the
Chief of Police.
A.
Members of the Department shall thoroughly, cheerfully
and promptly obey all orders emanating from any superior officer. In event
of any order so received conflicting with any general or special order, the
member shall promptly and respectfully call attention to such conflicting
orders to, and for the benefit of, the superior officer.
B.
If the superior officer does not change his order, his
order shall stand and the member involved will not be held responsible for
disobedience of any former order in obeying the command. Orders or directives
shall only emanate from within the Police Department.
Members of the Department must at all times treat citizens, associates
and superior officers with civility, and shall refrain from harsh, profane
or insolent language. They shall answer all questions in a gentlemanly and
courteous manner.
All interdepartmental communications and reports shall be in writing
and shall be promptly answered in writing.
A.
It shall be the duty of every member of the Department,
before leaving the police headquarters at the close of each tour of duty,
to file any and all reports necessary pertaining to the activities of that
tour of duty. Such reports shall include:
B.
Members volunteering for or assigned to off-duty investigations
shall also make reports concerning such investigations as soon as possible
after the investigation or at a time so requested by the Chief of Police or
the immediate superior officer.
All requests by members of the Department must be made in writing, such
as extra days off, change in routine schedule, etc., and submitted to the
Chief of Police.
When any member is injured in line of duty, he will within 48 hours
after such injury submit or cause to be submitted a report to the Chief of
Police.
