Chapter 2.14
POLICE DEPARTMENT

Sections:

2.14.010    Position of chief of police established – Qualifications – Duties.

2.14.010 Position of chief of police established – Qualifications – Duties.

A. There shall be established the position of chief of police with the following qualifications and duties.

B. Recruitment and appointment of the chief of police shall be through procedures established by the city police civil service commission. Qualifications shall include the following from RCW 35.21.333, or as amended in the future:

1. A person seeking appointment to the office of chief of police must meet the following:

a. Is a citizen of the United States of America;

b. Has obtained a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma;

c. Has not been convicted under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States of a felony;

d. Has not been convicted of a gross misdemeanor or any crime involving moral turpitude within five years of the date of application;

e. Has received at least a general discharge under honorable conditions from any branch of the armed services for any military service if the person was in the military service;

f. Has completed at least two years of regular, uninterrupted, full-time commissioned law enforcement employment involving enforcement responsibilities with a government law enforcement agency; and

g. Has been certified as a regular and commissioned enforcement officer through compliance with this state’s basic training requirement or equivalency.

2. A person seeking appointment to the office of chief of police or marshal shall provide a sworn statement under penalty of perjury to the appointing authority stating that the person meets the requirements of this section.

C. Duties of the chief of police shall be as those established in the personnel and procedure manual for the city of Pomeroy, as established by the mayor/council police committee. (Ord. 751 §2, 1997).