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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1970-0025 - Establishing WR PD and Rules.Regulations♦ BY COUNCILMAN Hulsey ORDINANCE NO. 25 Series of 1970 TITLE. AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A_-POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Creation; Composition. There is hereby created a Police Department for the City of Wheat Ridge which shall consist of one Chief of Police (City Marshal) and as many policemen as may from' time to time be deemed necessary for the safety and good order of the City. Section 2. Departmental Rules and Regulations. The Police Department shall be operated and managed in accordance with such departmental rules and regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the City Council. Section 3. Appointment, Powers and Duties of the Chief. At its first regular meeting following each biennial election, the City Council shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall be the head of the Police Department. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to: (a) See that the ordinances of the City are duly enforced and the rules and regulations of the Police Department obeyed, and to perform such duties as may be required by the City Council. (b) Direct the operations of the Police Department, subject to the rules and regulations thereof. (c) Arrest any person violating any of the City ordinances and take such violator before the municipal court for trial. (d) Take. charge of the City jail and all prisoners confined therein, and all those who are sentenced to labor on the streets or public works of'the City, and see that orders and sentences with reference to such are fully executed and complied with. (e) Render such accounts of the Police Department, his duties,-and receipts as may be required by the City Council, and keep the records of his office open to inspection by the City Council at any time. (f) Before entering upon the duties of such office, the Chief of Police shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will support the Constitution and laws of the State of Colorado, Consti- tution of the United States and ordinances of the City of Wheat Ridge, and that he will faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he is about to enter. He shall furnish a surety bond to be approved by the City Council, in the amount of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Section 4. Duties of Police Officers.__ All members Of the police department shall have power and duties as follows: (a) They shall perform all duties required of City Marshals. '(b) They shall..suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches or the peace, apprehend all disorderly persons in the City, and shall pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state. (c) They shall be the enforcement officers of the City and shall see that the ordinances of the City and the laws of the State of Colorado are complied with. They shall arrest without process all persons engaged-in the violation in their presence of any provision of the ordinances of the City or the law of the State. Upon such arrest they shall forthwith convey such offenders before the proper officer to be dealt with according to law; provided, that they may incarcerate any person whom they shall arrest at a late and unusual hour of the night until the following morning, and provided further that in the special cases relating to traffic offenses they may release an arrested person upon his written promise to appear in court. - 2 - (d) They shall report such offenses as may come 'to: their knowledge to the proper City official or they shall report the same to the Municipal Judge securing a warrant for the arrest of Offenders when desirable. (e) They shall execute and return all writs and process to them directed by the Municipal Judge in any case arising under a City Ordinance, and they may serve the same in any part of the county, in which such City is situated. (f) They shall observe the condition of the streets, sidewalks and alleys of the City, and of any obstruction, nuisance, or impediments therein, and shall take necessary measures to remove or abate the same. Section 5. Oath and Bond. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each police officer shall take and subscribe an oath that he will support the constitution and laws of the State Of Colorado, the Constitution of the United States, and the ordinances of the City of Wheat Ridge, and that he will faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he is about to enter. Section 6. Uniforms. Every police officer shall wear at all times while an duty, a uniform of the type and quality prescribed by the City Council. Section 7. Duty of Citizens to Aid. It shall be the duty___ of all persons, when called upon by any police officer, to promptly aid and assist such officer in the discharge of his duties. Section 8. Extraterritorial Duty. The Chief of Police may in his discretion, upon request of the Chief of Police or person exercising the functions thereof in any other jurisdiction, assign police officers under his control together with such equipment as he shall deem to be proper, to perform temporary duty in the requesting jurisdiction. 3 - X57 Section 9. Reserve Police; Appointment= Powers... The Mayor „ may upon any emergency, riot, pestilence, invasion or at any time he shall deem it necessary for the peace, good order or health of the City, order the Chief of Police to appoint Reserve Policemen for a specified time, not exceeding two (2) days, without the approval of the City Council. He may also, with the approval of a majority of the City Council, order the Chief of Police to appoint such number of Reserve Policemen as may be agreed upon by the City Council, to serve upon days of election, public celebration and holidays, and said Reserve Policemen shall have and possess all the powers and privileges of regular policemen during the time for which they may be appointed. Section 10. Emergency Clause." The provisions of this ordinance are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare of the City for the following reasons: 1. No ordinance has been previously passed relating to the establishment of a police department. 2. No ordinance has been passed preciously as the City completed incorporation August 20, 1969, and no ordinances existed at this time. Section 11. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take.-effect and be in force five (5) days after publication following final passage, providing it shall have.been passed by an affirmative vote of three- fourths (314) of the members of the City Council; otherwise, said ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication following final passage. r INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED AND POSTED on first reading by a vote of, 5 to 0 this 10th day F. of February A. D_.4_1970._._._ - 4 - READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PuELISHED AND POSTED on second and final reading by a vote of 5 to ❑ this 24th day of February A•. D~:..1970. A eAnderson, Mayor ATTEST: Louise F. Turner, City Clerk C. `J Yr 5 - CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I, Louise F. Turner hereby certify that Ordinance No. 25 was duly posted by me following first reading on the 14th day of February 1970, at the following locations within the City of Wheat Ridge: Wheat Ridge Post Office Wheat Ridge Branch Library Westridge Sanitation District Office Columbia Heights School Prospect Valley Fire Department Wheat Ridge City Office Wheat Ridge Council Meeting Room I, Louise F. Turner hereby certify that Ordinance No. 25 was duly posted by me following second reading on the 26th day of February 1970, at the above locations within the City of Wheat Ridge. n , SEAL Louise F. Turner City Clerk