The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-17
THE POLICE ORDINANCE
Bill Unanimously Adopted By the
Council Committee.
SALARY OF THE CHIEF
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WILL PROBABLY BE RAISED TO
$1,000 A YEAR.
Office of Captain Re-created-Pay of
Desk Sergeants- Duty Ser
geants-The Fire Department Or
dinance Not Reached-Per
of the Police Force.

The CIV council in committee of the
whole last night unanimously adopted
! the new police ordinance to conform
with the recent act of the legislature.
The ordnance as agreed upon last night
will be passed Without material change
on next Tuesday night, with the posi-
! Die exception that the salary of the
chief will be raised to $1,S0O per year
A motion to this end was defeated last
| night but afterwards the salary Of
desk sergeants was raised to $50 per
month, the same as patrolmen, and a
! good many of the members expressed
| themselves in favor of increasing the
chiefs allowance.
The new ordinance re-creates the of
ice Of captain Of police, who will also
perform duty as sergeant of shifts. The
chief is given absolute power to sus-
pend any member of the department
without cause, thus giving him absolute
authority to conduct the department
according to his own sweet will.
The only opposition encountered last
night by the municipal law committee,
which reported the ordinance, was When
the clause creating the office of captain
was reached. Fernstrom wanted three
duty sergeants or else three captains,
one q each shift. Both propositions
We're defeated, and the provision Great
ing captaincy was then carried by a
vote of to 5.
Robertson fathered a motion to in
crease the chiefs salary from $1,000 to
$1,000 per year, but it was lost. the only
members voting in favor of it being
Robertson, Buckle, Diehl, Callister and
Patrick. A little later the matter of
fixing the salary of desk sergeants at
$3.50 came up and carried, with a mega
tive vote of only two.
The ordinance, as agreed upon, is as
follows:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the city
council of Salt Lake City, that the po-
lice department of Salt Lake City Shall
consist of the following officers, men,
employees and agents, each of whom
shall receive the monthly Compensation
as provided by this ordinance, which
shall be in full payment for all services
rendered by them to the city:
One head Of department, or chief of
police.
One assistant head of department, or
captain of police.
First duty sergeant.
Second duty sergeant.
Three desk sergeants.
One jailor.
One assistant jailor, who shall also be
ianitor.
twenty-five policemen, of whom not
more than two shall be mounted.
One matron.
Sec 9 First-The head of depart
ment, or chief of police, shall be ex-
officio the jailer and have charge of the
city Jail. He shall receive and safely
keep all prisoners properly committed
to his custody; he shall file and pre-
serve every process of commitment, and
keep a record, in a book to be provided
for that purpose, of all persons commit
ted to the city Jail, showing the date
of arrest, offense charged, term of COM
mitment and the prisoners true name,
age and place of birth, but he shall
have no duty to perform or interest in
the preparation of or in the supplying
of the prisoners with food.
Second-The assistant head of de-
partment, or captain of police, shall
perform the duties of the head of de-
partment, or chief of police, in his abb
sence. He shall also have charge of a
relief.
Third-In the absence of the head of
department, or chief of police, and the
assistant head, or captain of police, the
ranking duty sergeant present shall
perform the duties of head of depart
ment or chief of police.
Fourth-The mounted police must
provide, at their own expense, their
horses, horse equipment and feed for
their animals, all of which must be to
the satisfaction of the head of depart
ment of chief of police.
Section 3. The head or chief of the
police department shall, by and with
the advice and consent of the city coun-
Gil, and approval of the mayor, appoint
all subordinate officers. employees, men
or agents in his department, and in like
manner fill all vacancies in the same.
Any subordinate officer, employee, man
or agent, may at any time be removed
without cause, and without charges be-
ing preferred and without trial, hearing
or opportunity to be heard, by the head
of department, with the consent of the !
council or by the mayor, with the con-
sent of the city council whenever, in |
their opinion. the good of the service
will be subserved thereby, and the
same shall be final and conclusive. and
shall not be reversed or called in ques
ton by any court. The city recorder |!
shall forthwith notify, in writing, the |
person of the removal and it |
shall not be necessary TO state amy !
cause for such removal, and from the |
time of the notification the persons so
shall not, in any case, be en-
titled to any salary or compensation |
Section d. The head or chief of the po-
lice department OF this city may, at
any time, be removed without cause |
and without charges being preferred.
and without trial, hearing or opportu-
nifty to be heard by the mayor, with
the consent of the city council, when
ever, in their opinion, the good of the
service will be subserved thereby. The |
action of the mayor and of the city
in removing the head of the de-
partment shall be final and conclusive,
and shall not be reviewed or called in
question before any court. The city re-
corder shall forthwith notify, in writ
ing, the removed head of the depart
ment of his removal, and it shall not be
necessary to state any cause for such |
and from the time of such no
LITIGATION the person so removed shall |
not, in any case, be entitled to any sal
ary or compensation whatsoever.
Section 5. The head or chief of the
department may, at any time, suspend
any subordinate officer, employee, man