§ 16-22. Duties of Police Chief.

The Police Chief shall have the following duties:

(1)

To attend upon request meetings of the City Council and trials before the Municipal Court;

(2)

To see to the proper service of all summonses, subpoenas, citations, executions, attachments, and rules of the City Council and of the Municipal Court;

(3)

To see to the collection of all fines and costs imposed by the Municipal Court;

(4)

To see that the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City and all statutes applicable therein are faithfully enforced;

(5)

To preserve the public peace, prevent infractions of the law, and arrest violators thereof;

(6)

To protect the rights of persons and property;

(7)

To hire officers qualified pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and to discipline police officers, up to and including termination of employment;

(8)

To oversee the conduct of the officers of the police force, and to be held strictly responsible for such conduct and for the general good order of the department;

(9)

To keep adequate records of all personnel and equipment of the department including a log of all questions, activities, and investigations;

(10)

To submit monthly to the Georgia Department of Public Safety the "Uniform Crime Report" prescribed by state law O.C.G.A. § 35-3-36;

(11)

To designate when necessary certain vehicles as "emergency vehicles," provided that such vehicles are registered with the police and in the records of the City; and

(12)

To discharge such other duties as may be required of him by the Mayor and the City Council.