HomeMy WebLinkAbout012 - 12/15/1939 - RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 002, 1935 AND ALL ORDINANCE NO _ 2 1939
BEING AIv E1VIERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF
TbE POLICE DEDARTMENT OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCE NO 22 1935 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OP PAPTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEPE4ITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That the Police Department of the City of
Fort Collins snall be under the immediate supervision and control
of the City Manager, and shall be charged Vith the duty to enforce
the penal laws of the State of Colorado, and all ordinances and
regulations of the City of Fort Collins, and shall cooperate
with State and Federal law enforcement officials
Section 2 For the purpose of carrying on the work of
said Police Department the City Council is hereby authorized and
empowered to appoint, upon the recommendation of the City Manager
one Chief of Police, one Assistant Chief of Police, one Police
Clerk and such other police officers as may be necessary for the
preservation of the peace and good order, and the health and
safety of the citizens, and the protection of property, and in
case of emergency or necessity the City Manager is authorized to
appoint such special police officers for temporary, general or
special duty as he may deem advisable and necessary for the public
good All police officers shall be under the immediate direction
and control of the Chief of Police, or in his absence, the
Assistant Chief of Police, but both saia Chief of Police and all
other police officers shall be at all times subject to the general
control and direction of the City Manager Police officers may be
assigned to such positions or special duties as the Chief and the
City Manager may deem for the best interests of the Department
The Chief of Police, Assistant Chief of Police, Police Clerk and
other police officers shall receive such compensation as may be
fixed by resolution of the City Council, and shall hold their
respective offices or Pmployment at the pleasure of the City
Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager, pursuant
to the provisions of Article VI of the City Charter and Ordinance
No 2 of the Series of 1939
Section 3 Ordinance No 2, 1935, and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed
Section 4 In the opinion of the City Council an
emergency Pxists for the preservation of the public health, safety
and peace and this ordinance shall take Pffect upon its passage,
under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and
7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at lengtn and adopted by the unanimous
vote of all members of the City Council this 15th day of
December, A D 1939
Comma oner f SafPty and Ex-Officb
Mayor
ATTEST
7 City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO,
ss
County of Larimer
I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City
of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and aeclare that the fore-
going Ordinance, consisting of four (4) sections, was duly
proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City
Council, hold on the 15th day of December, A D 1939,
and vas duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins
Leader, a weekly newspaper and the official newspaper of the
City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of
the Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accordance vith the
provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City
Charter, and thereafter, and on to-wit the 21st day of
December, 1939, was duly published in the Fort Collins Leader,
a weekly newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins,
Colorado
IN WITNESS ViHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 21st day
of December, A D 1939
City Clerk