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PERSONNEL
There are 243 police officers, exclusive of the Chief of
Police and 10 civilian personnel in the police department.
Classifications are as follows:
1. Chief 5. Detective sergeants (21 )
2. Inspector 6. Patrol sergeants ( 16)
3. Captains (5) 7. Mechanics (5)
4. Lieutenants (15} 8. PIa in Clothesmen ( 11)
9. The rest are patrolmen
JURISDICTION AND HOURS
Police have jurisdiction within the city limits and within a
two mile fringe area beyond the city limits into which their
powers extend with the cooperation of the Sheriff.
Patrolmen have 24-hour police powers. They have an eighthour
day, 40 hour week. Shifts are 7 p. m. to 3 a. m.; 3 to
11 a. m.; and 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. Working days rotate with
seniority rights to the morning hours.
Off duty policemen are paid by merchants for special duty.
They may accept this part time employment if they conduct
themselves as police officers.
PROMOTIONS
All promotions are made through the Mayor and Board of·
Safety. Any ranking officer is usually involved when there is
a change of administration.
RETIREMENT
The pension board decides the amount of disability retirement.
There is no tenure. After 20 years employment, retirement
is 50% of a patrolman's pay, or he may serve 25 years
and retire at 60%.
QUALIFICA TIONS AND SELECTION
An applicant for the force must be a citizen of the U. S., a
legal resident and voter of the city, must have resided in the
city for at least five years irrunediately preceding application,
be no more than 35 and no less than 25 years old, be no less
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Object Description
| Title | Spotlight on government (1962) |
| Contributor | League of women Voters of Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Topic | Local Government |
| Subject |
Allen County (Ind.)--Politics and government--Directories Fort Wayne (Ind.)--Politics and government--Directories Municipal services--Indiana--Allen County--Directories Municipal services--Indiana--Fort Wayne--Directories |
| Geographical Coverage |
Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1962 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Spotlight on government. 1st ed. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: League of Women Voters of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1962), 87 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and color 300 dpi, 24-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000122011996 |
| File Name | 30000122011996.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 68 |
| Transcript | PERSONNEL There are 243 police officers, exclusive of the Chief of Police and 10 civilian personnel in the police department. Classifications are as follows: 1. Chief 5. Detective sergeants (21 ) 2. Inspector 6. Patrol sergeants ( 16) 3. Captains (5) 7. Mechanics (5) 4. Lieutenants (15} 8. PIa in Clothesmen ( 11) 9. The rest are patrolmen JURISDICTION AND HOURS Police have jurisdiction within the city limits and within a two mile fringe area beyond the city limits into which their powers extend with the cooperation of the Sheriff. Patrolmen have 24-hour police powers. They have an eighthour day, 40 hour week. Shifts are 7 p. m. to 3 a. m.; 3 to 11 a. m.; and 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. Working days rotate with seniority rights to the morning hours. Off duty policemen are paid by merchants for special duty. They may accept this part time employment if they conduct themselves as police officers. PROMOTIONS All promotions are made through the Mayor and Board of· Safety. Any ranking officer is usually involved when there is a change of administration. RETIREMENT The pension board decides the amount of disability retirement. There is no tenure. After 20 years employment, retirement is 50% of a patrolman's pay, or he may serve 25 years and retire at 60%. QUALIFICA TIONS AND SELECTION An applicant for the force must be a citizen of the U. S., a legal resident and voter of the city, must have resided in the city for at least five years irrunediately preceding application, be no more than 35 and no less than 25 years old, be no less 67 |
