Petitions - City of Somerville

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Rules suspended.
Thursday, February 13, 1930
Reports accepted and appointments confirmed.
Resignation Thomas F. Mahoney as member of fire department, reported recom-
Accepted.
mending that such .resignation be accepted.
Board of,Aldermen
City of Somerville
Massachusetts
To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville,
Gentlemen:
February 13, 1930
The Committee on .Public Safety respectfully submits to this board
the accompanying draft of Police Regulations and recommends the adoption of
the same.
Respectfully submitted
James F. Stynes
Chairman.
City of Somerville
Police Regulations
Rule 1
In General
Section 1. The chief of police may promulgate general orders
in writing to the police officers relative to their duties not inconsistent
with the following rules and regulations and all members of the department
shall observe and obey them. He shall divide the city into routes for day,
also for night, so arranged that the whole territory shall be covered at all
times by men on duty, each man being placed, as far as practicable, where he
will be most useful and efficient. He shall keep a record book, in which
shall be entered the name, age, birthplace, date of service, route and occasion
of commendation, censure or punishment of every member of the department
.
Section 2. He may, with the approval of the mayor, order any
member of the department whom he believes has become unfit for police -duty
on account of .age, loss of hearing, or for any other disability, mental or
physical, to be examined by the city physician who will examine such officer
and make a written report to the mayor, stating in full the result of such
examination, and if found to be permanently unfit for. police dity, he shall
so state. In all such cases the mayor may, if such officer is entitled by law
to be retired upon half pay, direct the chief of police to make a request in
regular form to have said officer so retired.
In all other cases the mayor may discharge, subject to approval
by the board of aldermen, any officer found unfit for duty.
Section 3. He shall keep a record of all reports of his officers
and of citizens of nuisances and defects in the streets and other public
places, of all unauthorized obstructions in the streets,br.oaks or leaks in
the water service, street lights which are not lighted at 'proper times or
give insufficient light, and of all other matters affecting the health and
safety of the public, and shall send a copy of such record to the mayor and
the several heads of departments which the same concern, daily. He shall keep
a record of accidents whereby the city may become chargeable, with the circumstances,
names of the injured and the witnesses, and a particular description
of the locality.
Section 4. The chief of police, or, in his absence, the officer
in charge, may, in his discretion, send any officer of the department out
of the city or state in pursuit of any fugitive from justice or to recover
stolen property; but no bill for expenses or for extra services shall be contracted
against the city without the approval of the mayor.
'When on regular or detached duty, every member of the police
force shall carry a loaded revolver, one pair of handcuffs, and the regulation
club and memorandum.book furnished by the city.
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