The Police Department and its police members have the power and it is
their duty to:
The Chief of Police is the chief executive of the Police Department,
subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Town Board. The government
and control of the Police Department and its members is vested in the Chief
of Police. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Town Board of the
Town of Southold to exercise command of the Police Department and its members.
(See Article 10 of the Town Law.)
During the temporary absence or disability of the Chief of Police, when
no special designation is made by competent authority, the command automatically
devolves upon the senior ranking member of the command, who shall possess
all the powers and perform all the duties of the Chief of Police, and he shall
carry out the orders previously given, which orders shall not, except in cases
of extreme emergency, be countermanded nor set aside; however, when such action
is taken, a report shall be made to the Chief of Police in writing stating
the reasons therefor in such instances.
The order of rank in the Police Department shall be as follows:
A.
Seniority is determined by:
(1)
First, by rank.
(2)
Second, by continuous service in rank.
(3)
Third, by date of appointment to previous rank or ranks.
(4)
Fourth, by date of appointment to Department. Any member
who has been transferred from another police force within Suffolk County shall,
for the purpose of determining seniority, be credited with such prior service.
(5)
Fifth, by highest score on the civil service list from
which appointments were made at the time of initial appointment examination.
(6)
Sixth, by age (older employee is senior).
(7)
Seventh, alphabetically by surname.
B.
The method above shall be utilized by starting with the
first subdivision. If that does not determine seniority, the next subdivision
shall be used, etc. until the seniority is determined.
C.
For the purposes of this rule and regulation, time served
in a member's present rank shall have added thereto time served in a higher
rank or ranks.