ARTICLE VI - POLICE DEPARTMENT

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ARTICLE VI, Police Department

C-27. Appointment.

The Board of Trustees may appoint three (3) or more policemen, who shall constitute the police of the Village of Ilion, and who shall enter on the discharge of their duties as soon after their appointment as they shall have qualified as herein provided, not exceeding ten (10) days after said appointment. The Board may also appoint extra policemen, when deemed necessary, who shall serve for such time as the Board may deem necessary, not exceeding ten (10) days, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Trustees.

C-28. Intoxication.

Any policeman who, during his service as such, shall become intoxicated shall be dismissed from further duty and shall be ineligible to reappointment.

C-29. Special police.

The Board of Trustees shall also have the power to appoint special policemen, who shall serve for a period of six (6) months and who shall have such powers only as the Board of Trustees may provide or specify at the time such appointments are made and who shall serve only during such periods and occasions designated by the Chief of Police, and which said special policemen shall have and exercise such powers so specified only upon the occasions and for the periods when so called into service by the Chief of Police. No special policemen so appointed shall acquire by virtue of such appointment any rights within the meaning of the Civil Service Law, and they may be removed at any time by the Board of Trustees without notice.

C-30. Compensation.

The policemen and Chief of Police shall receive for their services such compensation as shall be fixed by the Board.

C-31. Chief of Police.

The Board shall select from the policemen appointed by it one (1) who shall be Chief of Police, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the Board, to superintend the Police Department in said village, of which he shall be chief executive officer. He shall keep a record in a book of all cases and legal proceedings in his Department and of all services performed by him and the several policemen and of all such fees as are allowed to constables in towns for like services. He shall, at least once in every month, report to the Board the state of his Department and particularly of such fees and whether any members of his force are delinquent in their duties.

C-32. Police Sergeant.

The Chief of Police and policemen appointed in pursuance to this act shall have the same power and authority which, in criminal case, a constable possesses by law and shall have the same power and authority which a constable possesses in civil cases and proceedings so far as serving and executing all process and papers in behalf of the corporation of the Village of Ilion or in any in which it is concerned, but not otherwise; and the Chief of Police shall, under the direction of the Board of Trustees, have the same power and authority in criminal cases arising within the village that the Sheriff of Herkimer County now possesses. The Chief of Police and policemen shall be subject to the same liabilities and shall perform the same duties as constables, except as herein otherwise provided. They must execute the orders and commands of the Village Justice of said village and of all the courts held by him and shall convey all persons sentenced by him to jail, to the penitentiary or to the house of refuge or other place of imprisonment or commitment, and they shall serve and execute all civil process or proceedings issued and directed by any officer or court in favor of said village or in which said village shall be a party.

C-35. Restrictions on compensation.

No fees or compensation other than as herein provided shall be charged or received by the Chief of Police or any policeman for the arrest, confinement or discharge of any person or for mileage or for serving any process or warrant or for discharging any other duty required by this act to be performed by him, but any reasonable and necessary expense incurred by the Chief of Police or any policeman when traveling in the discharge of his duties as such shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Village of Ilion on the warrant of the Board of Trustees. The Chief of Police, policemen or special policemen shall not receive any present or reward for services rendered or to be rendered unless with the approbation of the Board of Trustees, such approbation to be given in writing and filed with the Treasurer; and any of their number who shall receive any fee or reward in violation of this section shall forfeit his office.

C-36. Charges to other municipalities.

The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to charge to the County of Herkimer or to any town therein for services performed by the Chief of Police or policemen in criminal proceedings such fees as are allowed to constables of towns for like services and are chargeable to said county or towns, and the same shall be audited and allowed by the Board of Supervisors of said county or by the Board of Town Auditors of such town, as the case may be, to and for the benefit of the Village of Ilion and shall be paid to the Treasurer of said village. In cases arising under the ordinances, local laws, bylaws or regulations of said village where judgment shall be rendered in favor of said village or where said village would be entitled to a judgment, the same fees for the services of such Chief of Police or policeman as constables would be entitled to for like services shall be included in such judgment and charged for the benefit of said village; and, when paid or collected, they shall be paid to the Treasurer thereof within five (5) days after the receipt. Said moneys so received by the Treasurer shall be credited by him to the fund out of which the Village Justice and police officers are paid.

C-37. Payment of fines and penalties.

All fines and penalties collected under and by virtue of the regulations, ordinances, local laws or bylaws of the Village of Ilion and all moneys collected for services by the Chief of Police or policemen shall be paid to the Treasurer of said village within five (5) days after their receipt. Said money so received by the Treasurer shall be credited by him to the fund out of which the Village Justice and police officers are paid. And it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the Village of Ilion, in his annual report to the Board of Trustees of said village, to give a full, detailed and accurate statement of all moneys received and expended by him under or by virtue thereof.

C-38. Payment of police expenses.

The contingent expenses of the Police Department for office, furniture, fuel, lights, stationery, printing, advertising, books, policemen's badges and batons and also the compensation of the Chief of Police and of the policemen and special policemen, severally, shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Village of Ilion on warrant of the Board of Trustees.