[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Harrington as Ch. II, Art. 1, of the 1962 Municipal
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created a Police Department
for the City which shall consist of a Chief of Police and such other
police officers as appointed by the City Council.
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
He/She shall keep such records and make such
reports concerning the activities of his/her department as may be
required by statute or by the City Council. The Chief shall be responsible
for the performance by the Police Department of its functions, and
all persons who are members of the Police Department shall serve subject
to the orders of the Chief of Police.
It shall be the duty of the members of the Police
Department to see to the enforcement of all of the ordinances of the
City and all statutes applicable therein; and to preserve order and
prevent infraction of the law and arrest violators thereof.
It shall be the duty of every member of the
Police Department to conduct himself or herself in a proper and law-abiding
manner at all times, and to avoid the use of unnecessary force. Each
member of the Department shall obey the orders and directions of his/her
superior.
The Chief of Police shall have custody of all
lost or stolen property recovered in the City.
The City Council, for meritorious service rendered
by any member of the police force in the due discharge of his/her
duties, may permit such member to retain for his/her own benefit,
so far as he/she may be permitted by law, any reward or present tendered
him/her therefor. It shall be cause for removal of any member of the
force to receive any such reward or present without notice thereof
to the City Council and without its permission.
