HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 15 - 5/13/1957 - POLICE DEPT, ESTABLISHING AOrdinance No. 15
AN ORDINANCE establishing a
Police Department.
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village. Cook County. Illinois,.
Section 1„ Creation. There is hereby created a Police Department..
an executive department of the Village. The Police Department shall consist
of the Village Marshal who shall be the Chief of Police;, and such other member,;
as may be provided for from time to time by the President and Board of
Trustees.
Section 2. Duties. It shall be the duty of the members of the Police
Departmenr to see to the enforcement of all ordinances of the village, of all
statutes effective in the village and to preserve order and prevent infractions
of the law and to arrest violators thereof. Every member of the Police
Department is hereby declared to be a conservator of the peace.
Section 3. Office of the Chief Created. There is hereby created the
office of Police Chief. The Chief shall be appointed by the President and
Board of Trustees.
Section 4. Duties of Chief. The Chief of Police shall be keeper of the
village jail, and shall have custody of all persons incarcerated therein. Ile
shall keep such records and make such reports concerning the activities of
his department as may be required by statute or ordinance. The Chief shall
be responsible for the performance by the Police Departments of all its function
and all persons who are members of the Department shall serve subject to
the orders of the Chief of Police.
Section 5. Stolen property - custody of, The Chief of Police shall be
custodian of all lost, abandoned or stolen pr,3perty in the Village.
Section 6. Serving Processes. The Chief of Police shall be authorized
to serve writs, summons, and other processes, but no patrolman shall seri=c
any such summons or process except on the order of the Chief of Police
or of the `tillage President.
Section 7 Conduct of Members It shall be the duty of every member
of the Police Department to conduct himself in a proper and law abiding
manner, and to avoid the use of unnecessary force.
Section 8. Witness Fees. Every member of the Police Department
shall appear as a witness whenever this is necessary in a prosecution for
violation of a village ordinance or a State or Federal Law. But no such
member shall receive any witness fee for such services in any action or suit
to which the Village is a party; all fees due for such services, shall,. if paid,
be turned over to the Village Treasurer.
q,r-motion 9. Rules and Regulations. The Gnief of Pot.ice n; v .makf- oa
describe such rules and regulations for the guidance of the members of the
department as he shall see fit; such rules, when approved by the President
and Board of Trustees, shall be binding or, such members.
Section 16. Special Policement. The President with the approval of Iw,
Board of Trustees, may appoint any reputable person as a special policeman
to serve for such term and on such conditions as may be designated by the
terms of such appointment. Special policement shall have the powers and dub e.
of a conservator of the peace, and shall receive no compensation from the
village unless such compensation is ordered by the Board of Trustees. Appo;.,i
meats may be revoked at any time by the President, the Board of Trustees
or the Chief of Police..
Section 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect forthvvJzia
upon its passage and approval according to law.
PASSED; this 13th day of May, A, D. 1957.
APPROVED: this 13th day of May, A. D. 1957.
Attest:
--Msrgaret C. Petrie
Village Cleric
ObArles A. Hodlmair _y
President