Chapter 2.09
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Sections:
2.09.010 Police department established.
2.09.020 Police chief – Appointment and removal.
2.09.030 Civil service exclusion.
2.09.060 Parking enforcement aide – Position created.
2.09.070 Parking enforcement aide – Position classification.
2.09.080 Parking enforcement aide – Duties.
2.09.090 Parking enforcement aide – Powers.
2.09.100 No private cause of action.
2.09.010 Police department established.
There is established and created a police department for the city. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.020 Police chief – Appointment and removal.
The police department shall have a police chief who shall be appointed and removed at the pleasure of the mayor. In addition to statutory eligibility requirements, the police chief shall be appointed on the basis of his or her qualifications with special reference to education, actual experience in and knowledge of accepted practice in respect to the duties of the office and the field of municipal police operations. The appointment of a police chief shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the council. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.030 Civil service exclusion.
The city police department, as created, is limited to two full-paid employees as commissioned officers, including the chief of police. However, the force may include such contract part-time commissioned personnel as needed. That the police department of the city being two or less full-paid commissioned officers is exempt from civil service rules and regulations pursuant to RCW 41.12.010. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.040 Duties.
The police chief shall manage the police department, under the direction of the mayor. The police chief shall attend all meetings of the city council. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.045 Fees established.
The police department shall collect the following fees for official services:
A. For fingerprinting for noncriminal purposes, $20.00 for each person. (Ord. 05-662 § 1, 2005)
2.09.050 Police powers.
The chief of police and all commissioned police personnel shall have the powers granted, with the duties imposed, by the laws of the state regulating to chief of police and law enforcement personnel of optional municipal code cities and, in addition thereto, the chief and all other commissioned police personnel of the police department shall have the power and duty to enforce the ordinances of the city and to perform such other services as the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city may now or hereafter require. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.060 Parking enforcement aide – Position created.
There is created within the police department of the city a position designated as parking enforcement aide. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.070 Parking enforcement aide – Position classification.
The person filling the position of a parking enforcement aide shall not be deemed to be a law enforcement officer as that term is used in the law enforcement officers and firefighters retirement system, nor shall the position be a classified position within the civil service system of the city. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.080 Parking enforcement aide – Duties.
The duties of the parking enforcement aide shall include patrolling assigned areas of the city to detect violations of the city’s parking regulations, to issue citations to violators of parking regulations and to authorize the towing of vehicles parked in violation of parking regulations, to appear in court to testify when so required, and to perform related work as assigned. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.090 Parking enforcement aide – Powers.
The parking enforcement aide shall not have the power of arrest, but shall have authority to issue and serve citations and complaints for violation of city parking regulations. A copy of any such complaint or citation shall be filed with the clerk of the Asotin County district court within 48 hours after its issuance. In addition, the parking enforcement aide shall have the ability to authorize the towing of vehicles parked in violation of parking regulations. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.100 No private cause of action.
This chapter is not intended nor shall it create any private cause of action upon the failure of any duty set forth herein. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)
2.09.110 Title restricted.
This title is not intended to amend the terms of any final agreement between the city and any bargaining unit representing employees of the city, if applicable. (Ord. 04-650 § 1, 2004)