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ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF POLICE
CHIEF AND PROVIDING FOR A_POLICE DEPARTMENT
WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF OA%BROOK, ILLINOIS
11WEMEAS, the Village of Oakbrook is a newly formed municipal
corporation in the County of Du Page and State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the President and Board of
Trustees of the said Village of Oakbrook that it is necessary to provide
for a police department for the preservation of public peace, health and
general-welfare within said village;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the said Village of Oakbrook:
Section 1• There is hereby created in and for the Village of
Oakbrook the office of Chief of Police, which office shall be filled
by appointment by the President of the Board of Trustees and confirmed
by a majority of the members of said Board of Trustees.
Section ^z. In addition thereto the President, with the con-
currencemajority of the members of the Board of Trustees,
shall have the power to hire and employ additional persons as
shall in their opinion be necessary to act as policemen or patrol-
men within the Village of Oakbrook, it being the intent of this
ordinance that such policemen or patrolmen shall not be deemed to
be "officers" of the Village of Oakbrook and shall not be required
to reside therein.
Section 3. The Chief of Police and policemen or patrolmen
shall evote their time and attention to the discharge of their
duties required by law, and the ordinances of this Village. They
shall have the power and it shall be their duty in said Village
to serve and execute warrants and other processes, for the appre-
hension and commitment of persons charged with a violation of any
village ordinance, or any crime or misdemeanor, or offense against
the peace of the village or state, or held for examination or trial,
or taken in execution for the commission of any crime, or misde-
meanor, or violation of any laws or ordinances of this Village.
The Chief of Police and policemen or patrolmen shall have power
and authority, and it shall be their duty to serve and execute any
civil process, issued by any Magistrate or Justice of the Peace,
in any case wherein the Village is a party. And while serving or
executing any such warrant or process they shall be vested with and
have all the powers and authority conferred on Constables at common
law and the laws of the State of Illinois.
Section 4. The policemen or patrolmen shall be under the
directio supervision upervision of the Chief of Police. The Chief of
Police shall be under the direction and supervision of the Village
President. The Chief of Police shall have such further power as
may be conferred on him by the ordinances of this Village. It
shall be his duty to have general charge of Village property and
to keep the same clean and ready for use, and to have charge of
persons confined in the jail during the hours he is on duty.
Section 5• The Chief of Police and all policemen or patrolmen
shall serve at the pleasure of the President and Board of Trustees.
Section 6. Any person who shall in this Village resist the
Chief o e ice, or policemen or patrolmen in the discharge of
their duty, or shall offer to attempt to cb so, or who shall is
any manner assist any person in custody of the Village police to
escape, or attempt to rescue any person in such custody, shall be
fined not less than Three ($3.00) Dollars, nor more than One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars for each offense.
Section 7. It shall be the duty of all persons in this Village,
when called upon by the Chief of Police, or any policemen or patrolmen,
to promptly aid and assist them in the execution of their duties in
preserving peace and good order, and in the apprehension of offenders;
and any person who shall neglect or refuse to give such aid and assist-
ance shall be fined a sum not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars
for each offense.
Section 8. Any person who shall within said Village falsely re-
present hiase to be the Chief of Police, or policeman or patrolman,
or who shall maliciously or with intent to deceive, use or imitate any
of the signs, signals or devices adopted and used by them in the dis-
chargd of their duties, or shall wear in public the uniform or badge
adopted as the uniform or badge for such Chief of Police, or policeman
or patrolman, or after ceasing to be same, shall be subject to a fine
of not less than Five ($5.00) Dollars, nor more than One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars.
Section 9. Unless sooner terminated by action of the President
and/or-T97iFJ--oT Trustees any appointment to the office of Chief of
Police shall be for a period of one year from date of such appointment.
Passed and approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Oak brook, Du Page County, Illinois, this_? day of
jUW,- air , A. D. 1958.
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Attest:
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This ordinance published by the undersigned
Ayes .7 by posting copies thereof at three conspicuous
places within the Village of Oakbrook, Illinois,
NaysQ this /YtNday ofA(� ()S� , P_. D. 1958.
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C E R T I F I C A T E
I , PHYLLIS PERKINS, Village Clerk of the Viilage of
Oakbrook, and keeper of the records thereof, do hereby certify
that I did on the i i day of A . D. 1.958,
publish the above and foregoing ordinance , duly pessed and
approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
of Oakbrook (being a municipality with less than five hundred
population in which no newspaper is published) by posting a
copy of ssid ordinance in three prominent places within the
said municipality, to-wit :
IN WITNESS THEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said IJillage this � day of (:'14� � ,<;` , A . D.
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