Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 8 Police Department

A Police Department is hereby created. The principal functions of the Police Department shall include the following:

(a) To prevent crime and maintain law and order in the City by enforcing the laws of the United States, the State, and the City and by cooperating with other agencies when enforcement is, by law, vested in another office or officer;

(b) To maintain in efficient operable condition those crime prevention and law enforcement systems and facilities assigned to the Police Department;

(c) To recruit and train such volunteer and reserve personnel as may reasonably be required to augment regular Police Department staffing; and

(d) To perform such other duties as the City Manager may direct.

(§ 1, Ord. 1132-02 C-M, eff. June 13, 2002)

There shall be a Police Chief who shall be appointed by, and be responsible to, the City Manager. The Police Chief, subject to the approval of the City Manager, shall organize and maintain such divisions or offices in the Police Department as, in the Police Chief’s judgment, the operations may require and shall be responsible for the direction and control of all functions assigned to the Police Department.

(§ 1, Ord. 1132-02 C-M, eff. June 13, 2002)

The Rules and Regulations of the Watsonville Police Department shall provide for a system of logical and orderly succession to command and order of precedence of all officers of the Police Department.

(§ 1, Ord. 1132-02 C-M, eff. June 13, 2002)