2.20.090 Police Department.
(a) Created – Police Chief. There is hereby created a Police Department. The Police Chief shall be appointed by the City Manager. The City Manager, pursuant to Charter Ordinance No. 94, Section 1 (Appendix A, Section A2-54), shall be responsible for supervising and evaluating the performance of the Police Chief, who shall be responsible for the overall operation of the Department, including the discipline, good order and proper conduct of members of the Police Department and any reserve force.
(b) Enforcement Officer – Code Official – Unsafe or Dangerous Structures – Abandoned Property. The City Manager designates the Chief of Police, or designee, as the enforcing officer for purposes of administering the State’s unsafe or dangerous structures or abandoned property law and the City’s property maintenance code. (Ord. 20300 § 12, 6-8-21.)
Cross References:Law enforcement, Chapter 2.35 TMC.
The following sections refer to Police Department responsibilities: law enforcement, Chapter 2.35 TMC; Municipal Court, TMC 2.40.120, 2.40.160, 2.40.170, 2.40.180, 2.40.210, 2.40.220, 2.40.240, 2.40.250, 2.40.260, 2.40.270, 2.40.280, 2.40.290, 2.40.300, 2.40.320, 2.40.340, 2.40.450, 2.40.490, 2.40.670; civil service for police officers and firefighters, Chapter 2.120 TMC; benefits, Chapter 2.125 TMC, Articles III and IV; funds, TMC 3.25.130, 3.25.150; contracts and purchases, TMC 3.30.270; alarm business, TMC 5.15.020, 5.15.040, 5.15.060, 5.15.070, 5.15.080, 5.15.090, 5.15.100; merchant or private police, Chapter 5.90 TMC; pawnbrokers, TMC 5.110.030, 5.110.050; peddlers, solicitors and itinerant merchants, TMC 5.115.030, 5.115.170, 5.115.210; precious metals dealers, TMC 5.125.020, 5.125.070; taxicabs, TMC 5.155.070; animals, TMC 6.05.020, 6.05.030, 6.05.060, 6.05.100, 6.05.110, 6.15.010, 6.15.040, 6.15.080, 6.15.090, 6.15.170; burglar and holdup alarm systems, Chapter 8.05 TMC; smoking in public places and places of employment, TMC 8.20.110; fire prevention and protection, TMC 8.35.030, 8.35.070; alcoholic beverages, TMC 9.15.090, 9.15.120, 9.15.190, 9.15.240, 9.15.330; offenses affecting governmental functions, TMC 9.35.010; offenses against public safety, TMC 9.40.020, 9.40.050; vehicles and traffic, TMC 10.05.040, 10.05.050, 10.05.070, 10.05.080, 10.10.030, 10.10.050, 10.10.080, 10.10.100, 10.10.110, 10.10.120, 10.10.140, 10.10.150, 10.10.160, 10.20.180; abandoned and junked vehicles, Chapter 10.25 TMC; ambulances, TMC 10.30.030, 10.30.040; bicycles and electric-assisted scooters, TMC 10.35.030; buses, TMC 10.40.010; snow routes, TMC 10.55.060; stopping, standing and parking, TMC 10.60.020, 10.60.080, 10.60.110, 10.60.120, 10.60.140, 10.60.220, 10.60.310, 10.60.350, 10.60.510, 10.60.540, 10.60.550, Chapter 10.60 TMC, Article XI; trucks and trailers, TMC 10.70.020, 10.70.030; vehicle weight limits, TMC 10.75.050, 10.75.060, 10.75.070, 10.75.140; streets, sidewalks and public property, TMC 12.05.040; special events – parades – block parties, 12.70.050, 12.70.090, 12.70.100, 12.70.120; building conservation code, TMC 14.20.080; fire code, TMC 14.40.020; mechanical code, TMC 14.50.020; one- and two-family dwelling code, TMC 14.55.020; manufactured homes and trailers, TMC 14.65.380; moving of structures, TMC 14.70.030, 14.70.130, 14.70.150; zoning code, TMC 18.190.040.