G-21 - 02/14/1961 - POLICE DEPARTMENT - Ordinances JEB:KM 2.13-61 1 & 4 cc* PoLice
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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A POLICE
RESERVE DIVISION IN AND FOR THE
VULAGE OF OAKBROOK,, DU PAGE COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
of Oakbrook, Du Page County, Illinois:
Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established a division
of the Department of Police to be known as the "Police Reserve Division."
Section 2. Organization. The Police Reserve Division shall
consist of a Reserve Chief of Police, a Reserve Captain, a Reserve Leilitenant.,
and three squads consisting of one Reserve Sergeant and three Reserve Patrolmen
in each squad. The existence of vacancies does not require the Village to fill
them.
Section 3. Composition. The Reserve is to be made up of citizens
of at least twenty—one years of age., good physical condition, good moral
character, and who meet such other requirements as the Chief of Police and
the Board of Trustees may direct.
Section 4. Appointment. The members of the Reserve and the ranking
officers of the Reserve shall be appointed by the Chief of Police and the
President, with the approval of the Board of Trustees. All appointments
continue at the pleasure of the Chief of Police and the Board, and any member
may be discharged with or without cause at any time., with or without a hearing.
Members of the Reserve need not be residents of the Village and are considered
to be employees and not officers of the Village.
Section S. Command. The Reserve shall function under the direct
command of the Chief of Police.
Section 6. Powers. Members of the Reserve shall possess all the
powers and perform all the duties of the Regular Policemen of the Village and
shall be subject to all of the Administrative Orders and Rules and Regulations
of the Department.
Section 7. Emergencies. The Chief of Police may call out any or
all of the Reserve at any time to meet peril., fire., flood, storm., riot, or
other emergency, or the apprehension of same, and may assign such extended
duties as he may see fit. Such action must be approved by the President of
the Village as soon as possible.
Section 8. Compensation. Members of the Reserve shall be compen-
sated by the Village at the rate of One Dollar ($1*00) per year for their
regular tours of duty. In addition., the Village shall pay each member of the
Reserve at the rate of Two Dollars ($2.00) per hour for any emergency duties
that extend beyond four hours or when such duties require the member to leave
or be absent from his employment. Any member of the Reserve who is used to
replace a paid Regular Policeman shall be compensated as the Board may direct.
Section 9. Tred.ning and Proficiency. The Reserve Chief shall cause
a training program that meets the approval of the Chief of Police to be effected
within the Reserve. Further, the members of the Reserve shall attain a degree
of proficiency that meets the approval of the Chief of Police*
Section 10. Responsibility. All members of the Reserve are to be
held responsible for the comparable duties held by those ranks within the
regular Department except those Which are expressly assumed by the regular
Department members by order of the Chief of Police.
Section 11. Employment as Police Officers. No member of the Reserve
shall be permitted to be employed in any capacity that depends on his being a
police officer, either with or without compensation, without the prior approval
of the Chief of Police*
Section 12. Uniforms and Equipment. The Village shall furnish such
uniforms and equipment as may be necessary for the operation of the Reserve.
Section 13. Insurance. The Village shall provide such insurance
for the Reserve as is provided for the Regular Department.
Passed and approved by the President and Board of Trustees this
d
day of A. D. 1961.
President
Attest:
Ole*
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0 E R T I F I C A T E
I, PEYLZIS PERFI?NTS, Village Clerk of the Village of
Oakbrook, and keeper of the records thereof, do hereby certify
that I did on the
���day of � ��� , A. D. 1961,
publish the above and foregoing ordinance , duly passed 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
notice and copy of said ordinance in three prominent places
within said municipality, to-wit :
IN T"ITNLS° -1- EPEO^ I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Village this t day ofc
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1961 .
Vi{ 3_age Clerk