Atherton Municipal Code Art. I Prohibited Police Officer Activities

No member of the police department employed by the town shall instigate, participate in, or afford leadership to a strike against the town or engage in any picketing activity in furtherance of such a strike against the town. It shall be the duty of the appropriate superior officer of the member to ascertain the identity of any officer or employee of the town under his jurisdiction who is in violation of the provisions of this section and to initiate dismissal proceedings against the officer or employee. Any citizen of the town may file written charges against an officer or employee in violation of the provisions of this section and the appropriate superior officer shall receive and investigate, without delay, any such written charge, and forthwith inform the citizen of findings and action, or proposed action, thereon. (Ord. 342 Ch. 2(h), 1976)

If the chief of police determines that the charges are supported by the evidence submitted, he shall dismiss the employee involved and the employee shall not be reinstated or returned to town employment except as a new employee who is employed in accordance with the regular employment practices of the town in effect for the particular position of employment. (Ord. 342 Ch. 2(h), 1976)

No officer, nor the city council, of the town shall have the power to grant amnesty to any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this article. (Ord. 342 Ch. 2(h), 1976)

In order to bring the provisions of this article to the attention of any person who may be affected thereby, each member of the police department on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article, and each person appointed to the position of police officer on or after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article shall be furnished a copy of the provisions of this article and shall make, under oath, and file in the office of the chief of police the following declaration:

I hereby acknowledge receipt of a copy of the provisions of Chapter 2.56 of the Atherton Municipal Code and hereby declare that during the term of my employment in the Police Department of the Town of Atherton, I shall neither instigate, participate in, nor afford leadership to a strike against said Town nor engage in any picketing activity in furtherance of such strike.

• (Ord. 342 Ch. 2(h), 1976)