1958-020 POLICE DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE 10-02-1958Ordinance # 0 =58 -20
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BE IT ORD�.INED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, that:
Section 1. Creation. There is hereby created a Police
Department, an executive department of the Village. The Police
Department shall consist of the Chief of Police who shall be
ex officio Village Llarshal, and such other members 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 Department 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 Chief created. There is hereby
created the office of Police Chief. The Chief shall be apcointed
by the President and Board of Trustees; provided. that if the
person appointed Chief was at the time of such promotion a
member of the department he shall retain his status and rank
while serving as Chief and shall revert to such status and rank
when his term as Chief has ended.
Section 4. Duties of Chief. The Chief of Police shall
be keener of the Village Jail, and shall have custody of all
persons incarcerated therein. He 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 Department of
all its functions, 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
property 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 serve any such summons or process except
on the order of the Chief of Police or of the Village 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 a 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 service, shall,
if paid, be turned over to the Village Treasurer.
Section 9_ Rules and regulations. The Chief of Police
may make or describe such rules and regulations of the guidance
of the members of the Department as he shall see fit; and
rules, when approved by the President and Board of Trustees,
shall be binding on such members.
Section 10. Special Policemen. The President with the
approval of the 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 appointment.
Special policeman shall have the powers and duties of a con-
servator of the peace and shall receive no compensation from
the Village, unless such compensation is ordered by the Board
of Trustees. Appointments may be revoked at any time by the
President, the Board of Trustees, or the Chief of Police.
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PASSED this ��,�._ day of ��� —� 1958.
APPROVED:
Presid nt''
AT -TEST:
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'��Clerk
Posted this day of , 1958.
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STATE OF Is,TINOIS ss
COUNTY OF COOK.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
The undersigned J05 `!'sd T . D ".V' RO, bein- first duly sworng
deposes and says:
That at the instruction of Paula D. Clohesey, Village Clerkq
he posters R copy of the attached Ordinance No. 0 -58 -20 in three (3)
prominent places in the Village of Buffalo Groves to -wit:
1. The office of Buffalo Grove Home Buildersq Inc.
and U.' S. post Office Sub - Station.
2. On the telephone pole at the corner of St. Mary's
Parkway and Bu'fa.lo Grove Road.
3. On the telephone pole at the west end of Crestview
Terrace.
That said notices were posted on the 27th day of Octobers 1958.
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,TLTBSC_tIFi', AND S`'�O; TO before me
this 27th dear of Octobers 1958._
Village Clerk