[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Fremont 5-27-1986 by Ord. No. 86-1 as Ch. 4 of the 1986 Municipal Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Personnel. The Police Department shall consist of the Chief of Police
and such police officers as the Village Board may prescribe by ordinance
or resolution.
B.
Salaries. The Chief and the police officers shall receive salaries
as fixed by the Village Board and shall not be entitled to any other
compensation.
C.
Disposition of fees. All fees, bail deposits and other special remuneration
or funds collected or received by the Department or any officers thereof
shall be deposited with the Clerk of Courts or the Clerk-Treasurer
not less than weekly.
D.
Tenure of Chief. After a six-month probationary period, the Chief
of Police shall hold office during good behavior, subject to suspension
or removal for cause by the Village Board.
The Chief of Police shall:
A.
Be responsible for the supervision of all police and law enforcement
services and activities performed by the Police Department in accordance
with state law and the ordinances and policies established by the
Village Board.
B.
Possess the powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the liabilities
conferred and imposed by law upon marshals and constables.
C.
Obey all lawful orders of the Village President and the Village Board.
D.
Cause the public peace to be preserved and see that all laws and
ordinances of the Village and the state are enforced and, whenever
any violation thereof shall come to his knowledge, he shall cause
the requisite complaint to be made and see that the evidence is procured
for the successful prosecution of the offender.
E.
Exercise supervisory control over all personnel of his Department.
F.
Be solely responsible for the care and condition of the equipment
used by his Department.
G.
Keep an accurate and complete record of all complaints, arrests,
traffic violations, convictions and dispositions of the Department.
H.
Submit a monthly report to the Village Board of activities and transactions
of the Department during the preceding month.
As provided in § 65-3, Budget procedure, of this Code, the Police Chief shall annually file the recommended Department budget with the Clerk-Treasurer.
A.
General powers and duties. Each officer of the Department shall possess
the powers conferred on marshals and constables by law, shall preserve
the public peace and shall enforce the laws and ordinances of the
state and the Village, subject to the orders, rules and regulations
of the Chief, the Village President and the Village Board.
B.
Power of arrest. The Chief of Police and any police officer shall
arrest any person in the Village found in the act of violating any
law or ordinance of the Village or state or aiding or abetting in
such violation, and they shall arrest, without warrant, all persons
whom they have reasonable grounds to believe have violated any law
or ordinance and who will not be apprehended unless immediately arrested,
shall take all arrested persons in charge and confine them, and shall
within a reasonable time bring such persons before the court having
jurisdiction thereof to be dealt with according to law.
C.
Reporting dangerous conditions. The Chief of Police and any police
officer shall report all street and sidewalk obstructions, unlighted
street lamps, unlawful street signs or signals and defective or dangerous
streets and sidewalks to the Director of Public Works.
D.
Assisting Fire Department. Whenever necessary, any police officer
shall assist the Fire Department in maintaining order at the scene
of a fire.
E.
Permits and licenses. The police officers shall ensure that the necessary
permits and licenses issued by the state or the Village are in the
possession of or are properly displayed by any person engaged in an
activity or business within the Village for which a permit or license
is required and that the terms of such license or permit are complied
with.
The Chief of Police shall prepare rules for the administration
of the Police Department, which rules shall be in full force upon
approval of the Village Board and shall outline the conditions of
employment in the Department. The Village Board may revise such rules.
In accordance with §§ 66.0313 and 66.0513, Wis.
Stats., and policies established by the Village Board, the Chief of
Police may respond to requests for police personnel from Waupaca County
or any municipality or town within said county, and occasionally from
Winnebago County upon request, and may request said jurisdiction to
provide police personnel to the Village.
