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216,~'~ ,~ oRD IrTANCL rro . 216 x AN ORDINANCE CREATING T'IE OFFICE OF CIiIEF OF POLICE, DEFINING HIS DUTIES, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOIr1TP~?ErTT OF M~vIPERS OF THE POLICE DEPART1tlENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.. BE IT ORDAINED I3Y THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIiL CITY OF Vu ST ML'~iPHIS, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. CREATION OF OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE: There is hereby created, by this ordinance, the office of the Chief of Police. SECTION 2. POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGAl~'IZED: There is hereby L created and established the Police Department of the City of ~1~'est I~?emphis, the same shall be under the general superintendence of the T~:ayor. The police force of the city shall consist of the mayor, who shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and who shall at all times have control and supervision of the police force of the city, the chief of police and such other policemen and assistants as from time to time may be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the City Council. SECTION 3. CIiIEF OF POLICE-POti"Ji;RS AND DUTIi;S; The Chief of Police shall execute all process to him directed by the Mayor, and shall, by himself or some one of the police force, attend. on the sitting of said Municipal court to execute its orders and pre- serve order therein. He shall have pourer to appoint one or more deputies from the police force, for whose official acts he shall be responsible, and by whom he may execute all process directed to him. He shall have power, by himself or deputy, to execute all such process in any part of the count= in which said police court is situated. It shall be his duty to suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace , and to that end he may call upon the citizens to assist him to apprehend all persons in the act of corzmitting any offense against the laws of the State _ ~ - L - ` or the ordinances of t'ne city, and bring them forthwith before the proper authority for examination or trial. He shall 'nave power to pursue or arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the State, and to receive and execute any proper authority for arrest and detention of criminals fleeing or escaping from any other place or State. He shall have, in the discharge of his proper duties, like powers, be sub ject to like responsibilities as Sheriffs and Constables in similar cases, and shall be required by the City Council to dive a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum as such City Council may require. SECTION ~.. POWERS OF POLICE OF~'ICIa'RS: All polico officers of the city shall possess the powers of constables at common law, under the laws of this state, and in addition thereto, shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to serve and execute all warrants, processes, commitments and any writs whatsoever, issued by the city, and they shall have power, ti^rith the consent and by the dir- ection of the mayor or chief of police, to pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice, in any part of the state. SECTION 5. DUTIES OF OFFICF~RS AND ~"T.~TCHP~ZEAi; The duty of the Chief and other officers of the police and of the watchmen shall be under the direction of the Mayor, and it shall be their duty to superess all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, to pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of this State; to apprehend any and all persons in the act of committing any offenses against the laws of the State or the ordinances of the city, and fort:n.with bring such person or persons before the proper authority for trial or examination, and at all times to diligently and faithfully enforce all such laws, ordin- ances and regulations for the preservation of good order and the public welfare as the City Council may ordain, and for such purpose they shall have all the power of constables. - 3 - . ~~ SECTION 6. APPOINTMENT OF POLIC~lIEN: The chief of police shall have power to appoint, with. the advice and consent of the City Council, as many subordinate members of the police department as may be authorized by ordinance of the City Council, and as many specials as the Mayor or City Council may direct, for not exceed- ing five (S) days at a time. SECTION 7. POWER TO MAKE ARRESTS: The Mayor or any policeman of the city, may, upon view, arrest any person or per- sons who may b e guilty of a bre ach of any of the ordinances of the city, or of any crime against the laws of the State, and may, upon information filed by the City Attorney, or by affidavit of any person properly sworn to and filed with the Municipal Court Clerk proct~.re a warrant for the arrest of any person or persons rho may be charged with a breach of any ordinance of the city. SECTION 8. ASSTJMING TO ACT AS A POLICE OFFICER: If any person, shall without authority, assume to act as a policeman, or pretend to have such power, or wear the badge of a policeman within the city, he shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceed- ing One Hundred 0100.00) Dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, at the discretion cf the court. SECTION 9. COPv~PENSATION: Police officers shall be paid such compensation for their services to the city as shall be fixed by the City Council, by resolution, immediately after appointment and qualification. And any extra policemen or watchmen which ray be appointed pursuant to the authority vested in the Mayor or Chief of Police shall be paid such reasonable compensation as to the Council may seem dust and equitable. PASSED AND APPROVED 'IrtiIS 27TH DAY OF I.;AY X952• G ~ Mayor ATTEST: y C er