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SEC. 11. CHIEF --POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY.
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<br />THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT
<br />HE SHALL ALWAYS BE SUBJECT TO THE ORDERS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND
<br />COUNCIL. HE SHALL BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL,FOR THE
<br />PURPOSE OF ENFORCING PEACE AND ORDER AND EXECUTING THE LAWS OF THE STATE AND
<br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, AND IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE POLICE FORCE TO RESPECT
<br />AND OBEY ORDERS OF THE CHIEF NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
<br />IT SHALL BE HIS DUTY AT ALL TIMES, DAY OR NIGHT, TO PRESERVE THE PUBLIC PEACE,
<br />PREVENT THE COMMISSION OF CRIMES AND ARREST OFFENDERS:, TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS
<br />OF PERSONS AND OF PROPERTY; TO REGARD THE PUBLIC HEALTH; TO REPORT NUISANCES IN
<br />THE STREETS AND OTHER PLACES; TO PROVIDED A PROPER POLICE FORCE AT FIRES AND TO
<br />PROTECT THE FIREMEN AND PROPERTY THEREAT; TO DISCHARGE SUCH OTHER DUTIES AS MAY
<br />BE REQUIRED OF HIM BY THE COUNCIL. WHEN CHARGES ARE FILED IN HIS OFFICE AGAINST
<br />ANY MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE, OR WHEN HE SHALL BE INFORMED OF ANY GROSS NEGLECT
<br />OF DUTY, HE SHALL IMMEDIATELY TRANSMIT THE SAME TO THE CITY MANAGER, TOGETHER WITH
<br />THE NAMES OF THE WITNESSES TO BE SUBPOENAED, THAT THE CHARGES MAY BE INVESTIGATED
<br />BY COUNCIL.
<br />HE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOOD ORDER OF THE CITY AND FOR THE GENERAL
<br />GOOD CONDUCT OF THE MEN AND OFFICERS OF THE POLICE FORCE, IT IS ENJOINED ON HIM
<br />TO PAY FREQUENT VISITS AT UNCERTAIN HOURS TO VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE CITY AND THUS
<br />BE ABLE TO SUPERVISE THE CONDUCT OF ALL SUBORDINATES.
<br />HE SHALL CAUSE TO BE SERVED ALL PROCESSES DIRECTED TO HIM BY A.JUSTICE OF
<br />PEACE AND THE CIVIL AND POLICE JUSTICE AND ALL ORDERS OF THE CITY MANAGER.
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<br />IN ADDITION TO HIS OTHER DUTIES, THE CHIEF SHALL ATTEND ALL MEETINGS OF THE
<br />COUNCIL AND ACT AS SERGEANT -AT -ARMS AND DOORKEEPER AND, WHEN NOTIFIED BY THE CLERK
<br />OF THE COUNCIL, HE SHALL GIVE NOTICE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF ALL MEETINGS
<br />THEREOF. HE SHALL ALSO HAVE CONTROL OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, KEEP ITS KEYS, AND
<br />HAVE THE CHAMBER LIGHTED AND HEATED IN DUE SEASON FOR ALL MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL•
<br />(CODE 1932, SEC. 213, 218.)
<br />SEC. 15. SAME --ABSENCE OR SICKNESS.
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<br />THE CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL NOT LEAVE THE CITY UNLESS HE SHALL FIRST RECEIVE
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<br />PERMISSION TO DO SO FROM THE CITY MANAGER. WHEN SUCH PERMISSION IS GRANTED, OR IN
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<br />CASE OF HIS SICKNESS, HE SHALL DESIGNATE AN OFFICER ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE DURING
<br />HIS ABSENCE. THIS RULE SHALL NOT -APPLY WHEN IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO LEAVE THE
<br />CITY HURRIEDLY ON BUSINESS DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. (ID.,
<br />SEC. 217.)
<br />CHAPTER 18.
<br />SEC. 6. SUPERVISION BY CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE; TRAFFIC SIGNS PENALTY
<br />FOR VIOLATING REGULAT IONS.
<br />` THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL HAVE GENERAL SUPERVISION AND CONTROL
<br />OF THE MANAGEMENT AND PARKING OF VEHICLES IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, COMFORT
<br />AND CONVENIENCE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF CHAPTER
<br />90B OF MICHIEtS VIRGINIA CODE OF 1942, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, CITED AS 143THE
<br />MOTOR VEHICLE,CODE OFVIRGINIA.n PERSONS USING THE SIDEWALKS AND STREETS OF THE CITY
<br />SHALL COMPLY AT ALL TIMES AND PLACES WITH ANY DIRECTION BY VOICE, HAND, WHISTLE,
<br />SIGN, OR SIGNAL FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE AS TO THE STARTING, STOPPING,
<br />SLOWING, PARKING OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS, AND IN LOADING OR UNLOADING VEHICLES.
<br />THE CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO PLACE UPON THE SIDEWALKS AND STREETS
<br />OF THE CITY SUCH SIGNS, SIGNALS AND OTHER DEVICES FOR HANDLING TRAFFIC AS HE MAY
<br />DEEM NECESSARY, PROVIDED THE SAME ARE PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
<br />WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER,
<br />IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO VIOLATE ANY SUCH TRAFFIC REGULATICN,
<br />SIGN, SIGNAL OR OTHER DEVICE FOR HANDLING TRAFFIC, AND ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY OF
<br />THE PROVISIONS of THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO DOLLARS
<br />AND FIFTY CENTS NOR MORE THAN TWErJTY-FIVE DOLLARS. (CODE 1932, SEC. 489(69) ORDS.
<br />NIAY 7, 1934, MAY 22, 1934.)
<br />SEC. 7. REGULATORY POWERS OF CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE.
<br />THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL HAVE POWER TO REGULATE TRAFFIC
<br />OFFICERS OR SEMAPHORES OR OTHER SIGNALING DEVICES ON ANY PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY
<br />WHERE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY OR CONTINUOUS, OR WHERE IN THEIR JUDGMENT CONDITIONS MAY
<br />REQUIRE, AND MAY PROHIBIT OTHER THAN ONE-WAY TRAFFIC UPON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AND
<br />MAY REGULATE THE USE OF THE HIGHWAYS BY PROCESSIONS OR ASSEMBLAGES.
<br />THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE MAY ALSO, WHEN AND WHERE CONDITIONS_
<br />REQUIRE:
<br />ADOPT ANY SUCH REGULATIONS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE,
<br />AS THEY SHALL DEEM ADVISABLE AND NECESSARY; AND REPEAL, AMEND OR MODIFY ANY SUCH
<br />REGULATIONS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH REGULATIONS, LAWS, OR RULES SHALL NOT BE
<br />DEEMED TO BE VIOLATED, IF, AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION THE DESIGNATION,
<br />PLACED IN CONFORMITY WITH THIS PARAGRAPH WAS MISSING, EFFACED, MUTILATED OR DEFACED,
<br />SO THAT AN ORDINARY OBSERVANT PERSON, UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD NOT BE
<br />APPRISED OF OR AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH RULE*
<br />ADOPT REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL VEHICLES TO COME TO A FULL STOP AT ANY STREET
<br />INTERSECTION OTHER THAN A STREET WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A PART OF THE PRIMARY
<br />SYSTEM OF STATE HIGHWAYS. (CODE 1932, SEC. 489(34).)
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