Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-12
An Ordinance
To establish City Police and prescribe its powers
and duties.


To establish City Police ard prescribe its powers
and duties.
SECTION !. Be it ordained by the City Council
tablished and maintained in and for this city Po
;ce force consisting of the City Marshal, who shall
two regu ar pollceI en-. to be elected by the City
Council at its first regular meeting in May of each
and every year; provided. that whenever vacan-
tions it shall be filled by election by the City Coun-
Gil at such time as the Council may appoint.
SEC. 2. That each policeman before entering up
the discharge of his duties. shall take an oath or
Affirmation before the Mayor to support the Consti
tuition of the United States and the Cons of
the State of Ohio, and to perform with fidelity and
impartality such duties as shall be required
Of him by law and by the ordinances of this Coun-
SEC. 3. The City Marshal and policemen, or any
or either of them. shall apprehend. upon process
upon view, all persons found violating any ordi-
of the city made for the purpose of preserv-
Jog the peace. quiet or good order of the CITY, and
the city providing for the safety health or protec
ton OF the property of the citizens and shall bring
such otfenuers before the Mayor, and enter the
proper complaint for trial. and it shall be their duty
to see that peace quiet and good order preserv
ed throughout the city, and to arrest and bring to
trial all offenders against law or the ordinances of
the city. They shall have authority to enter any
house. store, grocery, building other place. where
any any teiop, OF other offender against the peace or
Where any person may be committing any breach of
the peace, creating ny riot disorderly conduct,
noise. or other disturbances; and any person per-
sons who shall resist ob,truct the Marshsl or
Police officer in the lawful discharge of bis duty,
SHALL upon conviction before the Mayor, be fined in
any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. be impri
ed for any term not exceeding thirty days, or BOTH
at the discretion of the Mayor.
Sea-. All persons arrested by the Marshal or
Police Ufhcer shall be lodged by them in the city
prison, or, in case of necessity, in the county Jail
to await their trial before the Mayor. and shall in
no case, te discharged therefIom, unless by the
written order OF the Mayor -
SEC. 5. That the committee of the City Council
Police shall the general care and control of
the Police department, and shall make such rules
and resulations for the government thereof they
may. from tin to time. deem proper. which shall
be submitted to the Council for approval or rejec
ton and, if approved, shall have the same force
and effect as ordinances of the city. Said com
mittee together with the Chief of Police and Cap
tain shall csus all reasonable COMPLAINS against
any Police officer to be examined into. and shall
port to the Council any neglect of duty on the part
of any Police officer with such recommendation,
to the discharge or suspension of sucn officer, as
thev may deem proper; an i that all compla pts
against any Police officer for neglect of any duty
shall be made in writing to the chairman of the
Police committee, and that the said chairman of
the said commi Ltee shall serve notice. containing
copy of said charges upon the .ficer so complain
tee and show cause why he shall not be removed or
suspended. The said committee shall also desig
pate the officers who shall serve during the day aud
during the night.
SEC 6. In all trials of Police officers for the vio-
latOn OF the Police regulations the Mayor shall sit
as Judge, and shall determine all points of law per-
tanning to the case. aud shall su mon all of the
witnesses and swear them the same as in ,ses of
violation of city ordinances. the committee shall
determine the guilt or innocence under the law of
the party, and report the decision with the testmo
ny to the Council for their final action in tSe case;
provided th charges against the Police officer are
sustained, or they find enough to warrant them in
reporting in favor of his final dismissal from the
SEC. I. The City Marshal SHALL under the rules
and regulations and direction of said committee
Police, have c. arge Of the Police department and
shall see that the Police officers discharge their du-
ties and that all ordinances, rules and regulations
complied with and it shall be his duty to report to
said committee all neglect on the part of any Police
officer.
SEJ.s. The Police fficers shall be paid for their
services as follows, to-wit: The Police officer who
sba from 70 S time to tin time act ss CAPTAIN Of Police
mouth; the Police officer who may from time to
time act as Lieutenant of Police. shall be paid at
month; and the Police officer on night duty shall be
paid Sixty dollars Der month; the Police officer on
all of whom shall be paid monthly on the certificate
of the chairman of the committee on Police;
SEC 0. The MARSHAL or Captain in his absence.
shall have power to suspend for twenty four hours,
any Police officer for drunkenness conduct un-
becoming an officer. without pay, and shall report
pension in writing, the name of the officer and the
cause of complaint, which complaint if sustained
officer shall be expelled from the force, pended
for period d not exceeding two months at the dis
OF the G the A3d sh1 the further
that if he find a o iceman on the the street in
state of intoxication to arrest him and conne him
in the station house. and bring him at the proper
time before the Mayor, and file his affidavit, aud
haye him dealt with as, other offenders.
SEC. 10. There shall be appointed by the stand
ing commtte. on City Police, from among the TWEEN
tyye regular POIicsmsp PoIic one ~ ..Rtain and two
Captain and Lieutenants of Police subject to the
Chief of Police to take charge of such OF he Police
force as may be placed under their command. and
required of them from time to time by the staning
committee Police the Chief of Police The Off
of Police shall serve in that capacity during the
pleasure of the standing committee on Police.
SEC; II. The Marshal and Police may. in case of
arresting aud conveying to prison any offender and
any person who shall, without sufficient reason.
shall be liable to a tine not exceeding five dollars.
SEC. 70. The Marshal and Police officers shall
not, in any case, become bail or surety for Sny per-
arrested: shall they demand, accept, take
from any person arrested or imprisoned, or from
others on account of any such person, any money.
remuneration, reward or property of any kind, for
any purpose unless the same be done by order of the
May be taken in the discharge of their
official duty; and any officer who shall violate any
of the proyi ions of this section. SHALL upon
viction. be dismissed. and fined in any sum not
SEC. 49, No Police officer shall absent himself
from DUTY without written permit from the chair
lice officer receive any pay while absent from duty
except upon the order Of majority ty qf the com,
shall devote his whole time and attention to the
business of the department, and he is expressly
prohibited from folowi other calling or being
employed in any other business. Punctual attend
ance, prompt obedience to orders in conformity to
the rules of the Police Department will be rigidly
enforced; nor shall any policeman receive pay for
any extra duty EXCEPT upon the order of msjotlty
of the standing committee on Police. Each and
every policeman shall at all times be in readiness
to perform such services as may be required of
them by said committee or the Chief of PUlioe.
SEC. "a. No Police ofioer shall enter stand
about theater, saloon. or other place of enter
tainment or amusement. while on duty, unless it be
necessary for preserving order or OF erwise in the
actual discharge o. his official duties.
SEC. Is. Any person who shall personate. or at
tempt to personate the Mayor, Marshal. or Police
cause. any of the signals, badges, devices of
Police officer, or who shall attempt to perform any
of the duties of Police officer without authority,
shall upon conviction before the Mayor. be fined
in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. or be i'm
prisoned for any time, not exceeding thirty days,
or both, at the discretion of the Mayor.
SEC. l6 The Chief Of Police shall keep an &C.
curate account of the amounts due the regular Po-
lice officers, and of all deductions to be made on
account of suspensions of anv officers neglect to
the ordinances and rules regulating the Police
SEC. II. The Chief Of Police shall keep, or cause
to be kept, book. in which he sh all enter all ar.
rests, by whom made, for what offense, giving the
date of arrest. and what disposition was made of
the case. in which book shall be entered the true
name of the person arrested, if known, and his or
her alias aliases and the record of the Marshal
shall be open to the inspection OF the commitee on
Police and to the enbers of the City Councll.
nances heretofore passed to regulate and estaonsn
a Police force for the city of Columbus, onlo' pe
lna 'he sAine A'e nei0O' fspTWHM n. NAGHTEN.
President of the City Council.
ttest: l.. E. WILSON. City Clerk.
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