TO
PROVIDE
FOR
A RE-ORGANI-
ZATION, REGULATION AND
GOV-
ERNMENT
OF
THE
MUNITIPAL
POLICE FORCE
OF ST.
CROLX,
Be
it enacted
by
the
Colonial
Counlqil for St. Croix in Session
as-
sembled.
oL
1.
There
shall be in the
Mumicipality
of St. Crcix
ar
organized
Police
Force,
to be
known
as
‘‘The
Municipa.
Police
Foree’’ whose
duty it shall be
to protect
persons
and
p operty,
maintain
and pe-
serve
public order,
prevont,
detect.and
repress
crime, and,
within the sphere
of
its duties,
entorce
obedience
to the laws,
and
to
rules
ani
regulations
issued
in
pursuance
of la'.,
throughout
the
said
Municipality.
.
2%
The Municipal Police
Force
is here-
by charged
with
the direction,
marage-
ment,
maintenance
and the
discipline of
all prisous
in
St.
Croix;
also
with “the
safe-keeping
and
activities of all
persons
confined
in
any prison in
St.
Croix.
The
Municipal
Police
F-rce
shall
be
composed
of a Director
and
four District
Chiefs of
Police,
Inspectors,
Sergeants,
Patrolmen
and
Marrons.
’
3.
The
actual
numerical
strength
of
the Municipal Police
Force
shall
be
such
as
the Governor
may
from time to
time
determine,
and,
excepting
as
provided
in the next section,
the
maximum
shall
not exceed
forty-two
members.
4.
In
case
of riot,
or
impending,
or
unusual
disturbances,
the
Director
of
Police
may.
if he
deem
the
Municipal
Police
Forec
inadequaie
to
maintain
law
and
order,
specially
deputize
any
num-
ber of citizens
of
the Island of St. “roix
to act
as special
volicemen
of
the
Muni-
cipal Police
Force.
It shall
he mandatory
for any citizen
selected
by
the
Director
of Police for special police
duty
to
serve
as
2 member
of
the
Worce
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
thirty-six
hours
without
pay
and such special
policemen
shall
be
subject
to all rules,
regulations
and
or-
ders governing the Force.
5.
The compensation
of the Members
of the Municipal Police
Force
shali
be
as
follows per annum:
Director of P01ice.....
.
Fres.
12 000.00
2 District Chiefs of Police
@..
"
7,500.00
2 Distriet Chiefs of Police
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6,600,00
eecra@.
...
...
..
.....
65000000
Sergeants
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S
8:680.00
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6.
The
supreme
authority
in
respect
to the direetion
and eontrol
of th»
Muni-
cipal Police Force
and
all its dudies,
shall
be
veste
: in
the Gev:rnor,
but the Force
shall
be
under
the
immediate
command
and
conirol
of the
Director
of Police,
or
in his absence
of the
next highest
rank-
ing member
of the Force
to be known
as
**Acting Director of Police’”.
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7.
‘The Director
of Prlice
is
charged
with the supervision
and
administration
of the Municipal Police,
under
the diree
on of the Governor, from whom he shall
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receive
orders® and to whom he shall sub-
mit
such
reports
as
may
be
required.
He shall also
be,
ex-officio sherift “or the
Municipality
of St.
Croix,
and for
each
and all of :he
Judicia,
subdivisions
of the
Island
of St.
Croix.
The
Director is further
charged
witn
the following duties.
1.
He shall superintend
the purchase
of
all property
acquired
by
the
Police
Depariment,
certify
to
tae
correci-
ness
of
all
vouchers
in
payment
’
therefor
and e responsible
fdr
such
-~
~ property.
2.
He shall ca:se
to he kept
in
Phe
Po-
lice Headquarters
an
accurate
and
complete Yecord
of
all
property
of
value which may
be
found,
or
re-
covered
cr which may otherwise
come
_
into pgssesion
of
members
of
the
Policeq?orce,
whose
owners
are
un-
known, and shall make such
disposi-
tion as may be required
vy law.
3.
He shall supervise
and
be
responsi-
ble for
the
prepa:ation
of
all
pay-
volls
and
vouchers
for
expenditures
on account
of the Policé
Department
as
well as for
the
safe keeping
and
proper accounting
for all
monies
re-
ceived by the Police
Department.
4.
He,
or the Actini
Director of Police,
shall proceed
with
aj
possible
dis-
patch
to the scene
of any serious
dis-
order
or
unusual
oeccurvence
wierc
~
his presence
may
be
required
and
will personally
take
comm
nd of tke
Municipa! Police
at such place.
8.
A District Chief of
Police
is
the
com.mar.ding
police officer of the
district
to which
he is
assigned.
He
is the
rep-
reseatative
within
hi:
distrier
of
the
Director of Police,
whoze orders
he
<hall
receive
and obev,
to whom
he
shall
sub-
mit required
reports
and
to
whom
he
shall be respos
ble for
the
proper
su-
pervision of Police affairs
in the
district
to which
ne is assigned.
He shall be responsible
for
the
prover
discipline of those
under
his
command,
for their efficiency in poiice
work,
their
omoliance
with the rules and regulations
governing
the
Municipal
Police
Force,
the proper
care of Government
property
and equipment
in his charge
and for
the
mainte
ance
of such records
and
files
as
are lequired by rule
or regulation.
9.
Inspectors
and Sergeants
shall
per-
form
such
duties
as
may
be
assigned
them
by the Chief- of
FPolice
or
District
Chief of Police.
10.
It is ihe ¢uty
of
lnspectors.
Ser-
geants,
Patrolmen
to
protec”
life
and
proparty,
pravent
crime and disorder and
obey
the orders
of their superior oficers;
while
on patrol duty to cons‘anily
patrol
the
streess
and
other
plac®
on
their
beats,
acquaint
themselves
w th the
peo-
ple by sight.
name
places
of
residence
and ocenpation,
take
possession
of lost
property
found,
delivering
it
to
their
O mmanding Officers;
to treat
courteous-
ly ail persons
who ask for information
or
assistance
and render properaid
to
per-
sons
requiring
it;
to
give
their
names
and numbers
to any persons
who ask
for
it-
to
use all possible
diligence
in secur-
ing evidence
relating
to. any erime
and
to
confluct themselves
at all timesin
an
or-
deriy, respectful
and
moral
manner.
They shall render
prot=ction
to
people
assembled
at all public meetings ofa law-
ful nature
and maintain
order
there
at.
They
shzall thoroughly
-investigate
be-
fore making a report,
an@
shail
not
be-
come
involved in disputes
or intrigues.
11.
The Director
nos Police,
the District
Chiefs of Polic2,
and the Inspecto
s shall
be appointed
by the Govervor.
Ail other®
members
of the Foree
shall be
appointed
by the Direct:r of Police.
The
Director of .Police
shall
have
full
power
"o suspend,
with
or
without
pay,
discharge,
or reduce
in
grade
any
ap-
pointment
made
by him.
12.
The
Direcior
of
the
Muniecipal
Police
Force
is hereby
authovized
tc
pre-
pare
rules
and
regulations
concerning
the
detail ard
duties
and
to further
the
prover discipline and
maint2nance
of the
Municipal
Police Force,
and,
to
jrovide
penalties for the
violations-of
rulss
and
regulations.
Anvppeals
for such
penaliics
lie to the Governor,
whose decision
there-
on shall
be final.
13.
Tre
Director
of
the
'Municipa!l
Police
Force
is charged
with the manage,
ment,
direction
and
maintenance
of ai!
prisons
and
jails in
St. Croix.
H~ shali
be
in charge
of all properiy
belonying to
the
prisons
and jails. and
he
shail
keen
an
account
of all
expenses,
and
render
such
reporis
as
may
be
requested
by the
Governor.
He
shall receive
and confine,
or
ecause
to
be received
and
confined all
parsons
charged,
or
hereafter
charged
or
con-
“icted
of an
offense
against
the
laws in
force in St. Croix in “ccordance
with the
terms
of
the
mirtimus
or
commitment
duly
issued
by
a
comp:tenc
autlority,
and
he
shall
safely keep
such
porsons
until discharged
by due enurse
of law.
14.
The
Director of Police is
I 2reby
authorized
te
make
all rules and
r.cula-
tions necessary
or needful for the
e ntrol
of the prisoners
and
to provide
peralties
for
the violation thereof
which sh:il
be
submitted
to and approved
by a coinmit-
tee
of
thrre
members
named
by
the
Colonial Counell,
15,
The
Ordinance
of
Augus:
31.
1918,
providing for
a
Municipal *olice
Force
for St.
Croix 1s hereby
repcaled,
excepting
sections
eleven
and
twelve
thereof.
T-us
d
ly passed
at
an Extraordinary
Meeting
of
the
Colonial
Council
held
Monday, November
17,
1919.
Christiansted,
St.
Croix,
November
19,
1919.
D. C. CANEGATA, ROBT. L. MERWIN,
Secretary.
Chairman.
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The
above
Orcinance
is her
by
sanec-
tioned
and approved,.
:
Wirness
my Hand and
the Seal of the
Government
of the
Virgin Islands
of the
United
States
at
St.
Thomas,
the
6th
day of December,
in the year
1919
(SEAL)
J.
W. OMAN,
Governor.