§ 2-20.5. Rules and regulations.  


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  • a. 

    All Rules and Regulations of the Township Police Department, which was previously adopted, amended or supplemented are adopted herein.

    b. 

    The Township Manager, as the Appropriate Authority, is hereby empowered to make and establish, amend or repeal, by resolution or ordinance, such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or ordinances of the Township, for the government and control of the members of the Police Department, as may be deemed expedient and proper to carry out the objects of this section and with the view to making the Police Department and all the officers and members thereof efficient, vigilant, prompt and useful to the Township. Such rules and regulations may prescribe the duties of the Chief of Police and all other Police Officers more specifically than is herein contained, and may provide such penalties not inconsistent with law as may be deemed necessary and expedient for the proper regulation of the Police Department.

    c. 

    All rules and regulations made pursuant hereto shall be in writing, and the original copy shall be filed in the office of the Township Clerk and a copy in the office of the Chief of Police, and shall be binding on all persons subject to the jurisdiction of the Department after notice thereof. A typewritten or printed copy of such rules shall be delivered to each member of the Department and a copy or copies shall be posted conspicuously in the headquarters of the Department, and such delivery or posting shall be deemed notice of the adoption and effectiveness thereof to those subject thereto.

Ord. No. 3-25-68; 1967 Code § 51-6; New