HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-B-2042 ORDINANCE NO. B -2042
AN ORDINANCE relating to the organization and personnel of the Police Department of the
City of Yakima, providing for the appointment of members thereof, and re-
pealing Ordinance No. A -200.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. The Police Force of the City of Yakima shall consist of a Chief
of Police and such number of the following officers as the City Commission may from time
to time by ordinance determine:
Assistant Chief
Captain
lieutenant
Detective
Sergeant
Jailor. _
Patrolman First - Class
Patrolman Second -Class
Patrolman Third -Class .
Patrolman Fourth -Class
Police Service Personnel Grade One
Police Service Personnel Grade Two .
Police Service Personnel Grade Three
Police Service Personnel Grade Four
Police Service Personnel Grade Five
Police Service Personnel Grade Six
Police Service Personnel Grade Seven
Police Service Personnel Grade Eight
The tenure of office of all members of said Police Department shall be as de-
fined in Ordinance No. B -199 of the City of Yakima. The Chief of Police shall be appoint-
ed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Commission froth the eligibility list as cert-
ified by the Civil Service Commission of the City of Yakima. All other members of the
Police Department shall be appointed by the Chief of Police from such eligibility list.
(.,As amended by Ordinance B -1407, signed- and approved October 27, 1952.)
Section 2. The Chief of Police and the members of the Police Department
shall receive such compensation as the City Commission may from time to time by ordinance
determine.
Section 2 -A. In absence or disability of the Chief of Police, or in case
of the vacancy of that office, the Assistant Chief of Police or next ranking officer shall
perform all duties of the Chief of Police. ('As added by Ordinance No., B- 588., signed and
approved June 1, 1943.)
Section 3. Ordinance No. A-200, passed and approved December 20, 1915, and
entitled as follows, to -wit: "AN ORDINANCE. pertaining to the organization and regulation
of the Police Force of the City of North Yakima, providing for the appointment of the
members thereof, prescribing their tenure of office, - defining and fixing their duties,
fixing their compensation, repealing Ordinance No. A -133 and all other ordinances and
parts of ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency ", acid
it is hereby, repealed.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law and the City - 'barter.
1957. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 24th day of June,
ATTEST: J.A. SMITH ( SEAL) JOE K. ALDERSON
CITY CLERK MAYOR
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -2042 entitled "AN ORDINANCE 'relating to the organization and personnel of the
Police Department of the City of Yakima, providing for the appointment of members thereof,
and repealing Ordinance No. A- 200. ", as passed on the 24th day of June, 1957, and that
the same has been published as required by law.
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