[R.O. 2012 §200.010; Ord. No. 27 §1, 12-5-1977]
There is hereby created and established the office of appointed
Chief of Police of the City of Normandy, Missouri.
[R.O. 2012 §200.020; Ord. No. 27 §2, 12-5-1977]
A qualified person shall be appointed Chief of Police of the
City of Normandy by the Mayor with the consent and approval of the
City Council. The person appointed shall serve for a term of one (1)
year or until his/her successor is duly appointed, approved and qualified.
[R.O. 2012 §200.030; Ord. No. 27 §3, 12-5-1977]
The person appointed to the office of Chief of Police shall
be at least twenty-five (25) years of age; shall be a qualified voter
under the laws and Constitution of this State; and shall meet all
requirements established under Chapter 590, RSMo., for municipal Police
Officers in St. Louis County. The Chief of Police shall have reasonably
current command or comparable law enforcement experience in budgeting,
personnel administration, general administration and police planning,
and further, he/she shall indicate a willingness to maintain his/her
professional competence.
[R.O. 2012 §200.040; Ord. No. 27 §5, 12-5-1977]
The Chief of Police shall receive compensation as may be determined
from time to time by the City Council and shall be payable bi-weekly.
[R.O. 2012 §200.050; Ord. No. 27 §7, 12-5-1977; Ord. No. 213 §1, 6-12-1984]
A.
The
Chief of Police, or the second in command of the Police Department
in the absence of the Chief, shall have the following powers and duties:
1.
He/she shall be the Chief Law Enforcement Official of the City of
Normandy and shall be responsible for the supervision and training
of the Police Department and its personnel;
2.
He/she shall acquaint himself/herself with all ordinances of the
City pertaining to the Police Department, health and welfare and public
peace, safety and morals and supervise the enforcement of all such
ordinances and State and Federal laws;
3.
He/she shall supervise the making of arrests, with proper process,
for any offense against the laws of the City. He/she shall have the
power to order arrests without process in any case in which any offense
against City ordinances, or any State or Federal law is committed
in his/her presence;
4.
Be responsible for the proper storage, maintenance and use of all
property assigned to the Police Department;
5.
Exercise general supervision over all properties seized and/or confiscated
and held for evidence and shall keep adequate inventory and receipts
of such. After final disposition of the cause in which the property
shall be used as evidence, the property, if it is of a nature that
its possession or sale is unlawful, it shall be destroyed in a manner
as provided by law. If the property seized or held is proven to be
stolen property, and its possession or sale is lawful and the owner
is unknown, the Chief of Police shall, on a semi-annual basis, but
no sooner than thirty (30) days after the disposition of the case
in which the property is used for evidence, sell the property at public
auction or cause it to be destroyed. The proceeds of such sale shall
be placed in the General Fund of the City. The procedure for the disposition
of such confiscated property shall, in any event, comply with the
applicable State Statutes;
6.
The Chief of Police may, in his/her discretion, discipline, suspend
from duty for a period not to exceed five (5) working days and/or
recommend dismissal to the City Administrator of any member of the
Department for violations of departmental rules and regulations or
City ordinances;
7.
He/she shall prepare and submit to the City Administrator a budget
for the operation of the Police Department for each fiscal year. Said
budget shall contain all personnel requirements, operating costs,
equipment costs and such other details, as requested by the City Administrator,
as is determined to effectively operate the Police Department for
the next fiscal year. Said budget shall be subject to the approval
and amendment by the City Council.
8.
He/she shall investigate and report to the City Administrator any
formal complaints received about the Department, its operation or
its personnel.
9.
He/she shall issue appropriate general or special orders setting
forth policies and procedures necessary to supplement and clearly
define the proper assignment of all employees within the Police Department.
He/she shall determine the assignment and rotation of all employees
within the Department.
10.
He/she shall report directly to the City Administrator on all matters
relating to the operations of the Police Department. He/she shall
advise the City Administrator on the implementation of any new program,
internal procedure or significant personnel matters.
11.
He/she shall attend all sessions of the Municipal Court, all regular
meetings of the City Council and such special Council meetings where
his/her presence is required by the City Administrator.
12.
He/she shall attend all State and regional conferences and programs
applicable to his/her office and the business of the City of Normandy,
whenever such attendance is approved by the City Administrator.
