[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Gresham as Ch. 4 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Police protection services shall be provided to the Village
by the Stockbridge-Munsee Police Department. One of the police officers
serving the Village shall be appointed Village Police Chief by the
Village Board.
A.
The Chief shall possess the powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject
to the liabilities conferred and imposed by law upon marshals and
constables.
B.
He shall exercise supervisory control over all the personnel of his
Department and may adopt, subject to the approval of the Village Board,
rules and regulations for the government, discipline, equipment and
uniforms of police officers.
C.
He shall obey all lawful written orders of the Village President
and the Village Board.
D.
He shall 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.
He shall exercise supervisory control over all personnel of his Department.
F.
He shall be solely responsible for the care and condition of the
equipment used by his Department.
G.
He shall keep an accurate and complete record of all complaints,
arrests, traffic violations, convictions and dispositions of the Department.
H.
He shall submit a monthly report to the Protective Services Committee
of activities and transactions of the Department during the preceding
month.
I.
He shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of the
Department, particularly the rules and regulations mandated by the
Legislature, subject to the approval of the Village Board.
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.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-3 of this Code.
