§ 21-16. Created; Composition.  


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  • There is hereby created an executive department to be known as the police department, which shall be under the supervision of the city administrator, and shall consist of one chief of police, and such number of deputy chiefs of police, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, detectives, patrolmen, clerks, and other full-time and/or part-time employees of the city police department, as may be provided from time to time by the city council, provided, however, that the city administrator may not appoint the city chief of police, those city officers which are by applicable law required to be appointed by the mayor and/or city council, or those employees who are by applicable law required to be appointed by the city board of fire and police commission.

(Code 1951, § 20-1; Ord. No. 45-73, § I(20-1), 12-18-73; Ord. No. 31-2010, Art. IV, § XXXI, 4-29-2010; Ord. No. 71-2010, § II, 10-19-2010; Ord. No. 33-2013, § XIII, 8-20-2013)