Lindsay Municipal Code § 2.20 Director Of Public Safety

There is created and established the position of director of public safety who shall be appointed by the city manager as provided in Section 7.02 of the Lindsay City Charter. The director of public safety is empowered and authorized to appoint deputies and support assistants as he deems necessary for the proper and efficient, operation of the department of public safety, subject to the City Charter, municipal code and the city budget.

(Ord. 475 § 2, 1996)

The director of public safety shall perform all the duties and responsibilities of the police and fire services of the city and shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities conferred upon the police and fire services by all laws and ordinances and shall have such other and additional powers, duties and responsibilities as may be lawfully imposed upon it by any administrative directive, resolution, rule, ordinance or law.

(Ord. 475 § 3, 1996)

The director of public safety shall combine the administrative offices of the chief of police and chief of the fire department; and the director shall have all the duties, responsibilities and functions conferred upon the chief of police and/or chief of the fire department. He shall in addition thereto have such powers, duties and responsibilities as shall from time to time be lawfully conferred upon him by the city, the council of the city, and by law generally. And wherever any statute, ordinance, municipal regulation to law requires a duty or responsibility of the chief of police and/or chief of the fire department, such duties and/or responsibilities shall be assumed and performed in the city by the director of public safety.

(Ord. 475 § 4, 1996)

The director of public safety is empowered and authorized to appoint deputies and administrative assistants as he deems necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the department of public safety.

(Ord. 475 § 5, 1996)

The distinction between police persons and fire persons in the city is abolished and the duties and responsibilities of the police persons and fire persons are combined in the persons of public safety persons, and the public safety persons shall perform such duties and responsibilities as are conferred upon them from time to time by the director of public safety of the city; and provided, that in addition thereto, the public safety officer persons shall help and perform such duties as are imposed upon police persons and/or fire persons by ordinances of the city and by law.

(Ord. 475 § 6, 1996)

Public safety persons of the city shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges and benefits heretofore granted and established for police persons and/or fire persons of the city ordinances and Public Employees' Retirement System, and all public safety officers appointed as such shall enjoy and have all the rights and privileges established for police persons and fire persons under the Public Employees' Retirement System and the ordinances of the city and the state law.

(Ord. 475 § 7, 1996)

The director of public safety shall, from to time, propose and adopt, subject to the approval of the city manager, such rules and regulations as he deems expedient for the proper administration of the department of public safety and/or the duties, responsibilities and privileges of public safety personnel.

(Ord. 475 § 8, 1996)