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PARKS 



nois, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, con- 

 ditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of 

 the office and to save said East St. Louis Park District 

 harmless on account of any injury or damage to person 

 or property through the negligence or wrongful act of 

 said officer. 



Section 3. Secretary to Make Out Commission. When 

 any person appointed to the position of park policeman 

 shall have qualified as aforesaid, the secretary of the 

 East St. Louis Park District shall make out and de- 

 liver to said person a commission under the corporate 

 seal, signed by the president and secretary of said East 

 St. Louis Park District. The commission may be sub- 

 stantially in the following form: "To all whom these 



presents may come, greeting: Know ye that 



having been duly appointed to the position of park 

 policeman of the East St. Louis Park District of St. 

 Clair County, Illinois, he is hereby commissioned as 

 such with authority to execute all the duties thereof 

 according to law, during the pleasure of the president 

 and Park Commissioners of the East St. Louis Park 

 District and not to exceed one year from this date." 



Section 4. Power of Police. All members of the police 

 department shall have power and it shall be their duty 

 to arrest any person found in the act of violating any 

 law of the state or ordinance of the East St. Louis 

 Park District or aiding or abetting in such violation 

 and shall take all persons so arrested before some court 

 of competent jurisdiction in the East St. Louis Park 

 District. In case no such court is in session the person 

 so arrested may be detained in any police station in the 

 said park district/ or any safe place until such person 

 so arrested can be brought before such court. In addi- 

 tion to this they shall be governed by the following: 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

 Rule I. Duties of Superintendent of Parks. 



The superintendent of parks of the East St. Louis 

 Park District, in addition to his other duties, shall have 

 full and complete charge and control of the depart- 

 ment of police, subject to such order as may from time 

 to time be issued or enacted by the president and Park 

 Commissioners of such East St. Louis Park District. 



Rule II. Duties of Park Policemen. 



Section I. Officers Always on Duty. Every member 

 of the park police shall devote his whole time and 

 attention to his position, and is expressly prohibited 

 from following any other business or calling. 



Section 2. Conduct of 'Park Policemen. Every mem- 

 ber of the park police shall be considered to be always 

 on duty for the purpose of discipline, and his conduct 

 at all times must be officer-like and above reproach. 



Section 3. Punctuality and Obedience. Policemen 

 must be punctual in attendance, prompt in obedience 

 of orders, and quiet and civil in the performance of 

 their duties, and must give their names and numbers 

 to any one who may request the same. 



Section 4. General Behavior. Every member of the 

 police force is expected to use good judgment and dis- 

 cretion; yet, when necessity arises, must act with firm- 

 ness and sufficient energy to properly perform his duty. 

 He must at all times control his temper and refrain 

 from the use of harsh, violent, coarse, profane or inso- 

 lent language. 



Section 5. Duties of Officers. Every member of the 

 police force must have for his main object the preven- 

 tion of crime and the enforcement of park ordinances 

 within his jurisdiction, and he will exert himself to 

 that end. He must examine and become familiar with 

 every part of his post and always be alert to prevent 

 the destruction or injury to trees, shrubs, plants, grass, 

 turf or other property of the parks and boulevards. 



Section 6. Information. Policemen will familiarize 

 themselves with the laws and ordinances governing 

 parks and boulevards, and be able at all times to furnish 

 particular information relative to the condition of their 

 posts and the location of park property. 



Section 7. Watchfulness. Policemen must by their 

 watchfulness render it difficult for any person to com- 

 mit a crime on their posts. Where offenses frequently 

 occur it is evidence of negligence or inability upon the 

 part of the policeman having charge of such post. 

 Absence of crime is the best proof of the efficiency of 

 the officer. 



Section 8. Patrolling Beat. Policemen shall carefully 

 inspect every part of their posts regularly, but shall 

 police matters demand their attention and presence at 

 any particular place the regularity of inspection can 

 be dispensed with, providing the policeman can satisfy 

 the superintendent that there was sufficient cause for 

 such action. 



Section 9. Failure to Patrol Beat. Policemen must 

 constantly patrol their posts unless otherwise ordered 

 by the superintendent. Failure to do so will be con- 

 sidered sufficient cause for their discharge. 



Section 10. Leaving Beat. Policemen must not leave 

 their posts until regularly relieved, unless it be for 

 the purpose of taking a prisoner to the station house or 

 patrol box, or to answer a call for assistance by an 

 officer or a citizen, or to make an arrest on view, or to 

 follow an offender for the purpose of making an arrest. 



Section II. Walking or Talking Together. Policemen 

 must not walk together or talk with each other or any 

 other person while patrolling their posts, unless it is 

 pertaining to police matters. 



Section 12. Using Batons. Policemen must not use 

 their batons or canes except in the most urgent cases 

 of self-defense. 



Section 13. Reporting Lights Out of Order. Policemen 

 shall report promptly to the superintendent all electric, 

 gas, or gasoline lamps that are not properly cleaned, 

 or in any way out of order. 



Section 14. General Observation. Should policemen 

 observe in any driveway, lane, or other place anything 



