Chapter 2.07
POLICE CHIEF
Sections:
2.07.010 Office created.
There is established and created a Department of Police to be operated under the direction and control of the City’s chief Law Enforcement Officer, the Police Chief. This Department shall include the Reserve Police Officers Unit. The Police Chief shall be appointed by the City Manager. The Police Chief shall serve without definite term at the reasonable discretion of the City Manager. The position of the Chief of Police is a civil service position. (Ord. C-554, 2003)
2.07.020 Duties.
The Police Chief is the commanding officer to the Police Department. The powers and duties of the Police Chief are those granted under the laws of the state and the ordinances of the City. (Ord. C-554, 2003)
2.07.030 Powers.
The Police Chief and all commissioned police personnel, including reserve Police Officers, shall have the powers granted, with the duties imposed, by the laws of the state of Washington relating to the Police Chief and law enforcement personnel of Optional Municipal Code cities. In addition, the Chief and all other commissioned police personnel of the Police Department shall have the power and the duty to enforce the ordinances of the City, and to perform such other services as the ordinances of the City may now or hereafter require. Pursuant to RCW 35A.21.161, the Chief and all other commissioned police personnel of the Police Department shall also observe and enforce the provisions of state laws relating to the conduct, location and limitations on activities regulated by state law and shall supply police information to the section on identification of the State Patrol as required by Chapter 43.43 RCW. (Ord. C-554, 2003)
2.07.040 Qualifications.*
The City Manager shall establish qualifications for the position of Police Chief on the basis of ability and training or experience in the duties to be performed for the City with the qualifications approved by the Mayor and City Council. (Ord. C-554, 2003)
* Code reviser’s note: The City of Airway Heights changed from a strong mayor to a council-manager form of government in 2002. During the 2006 codification some references to Mayor were changed to City Manager in error. These errors have been corrected in the September 2008 supplement to the AHMC.
2.07.050 Salary.
The salary for the position of Police Chief shall be provided for in the annual budget adopted by the City Council. (Ord. C-554, 2003)