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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.
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(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.
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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.
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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._._._
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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
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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.
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Louise F. Turner
City Clerk