Superintendent of Police - Powers and duties.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 2-84-050
in effect2-84-050 Superintendent of Police - Powers and duties.
Subject to the rules of the Department and the instruction of the Board, said Superintendent shall have the power and duty:
(1) To organize the Department;
(2) To make appointments, promotions, transfers of and to take disciplinary action against employees of the Department;
(3) To appoint, discharge, suspend or transfer the employees of the Department and to issue instructions to said employees in the line of their duties. Subsections (2) and (3) shall be administered in coordination with the Office of Public Safety Administration, and are subject to the career service provisions of Chapter 2-74 of this Code;
(4) To expend the funds of the Department in accordance with the provisions of the budget appropriations and subject to the approval of the Office of Public Safety Administration;
(5) To develop an annual departmental budget covering the anticipated revenues and expenditures of the Department conforming as far as practicable to the forms and dates provided for in relation to the general City budget; and
(6) To exercise such further powers in the administration of the Department as may be conferred upon the Superintendent by the Mayor, except for those powers exercised exclusively by the Office of Public Safety Administration.
(Prior code § 11-6; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-19, p. 11390, Art. V, § 12; Amend Coun. J. 11-24-20, p. 23985, § 2)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2600517Fetched: 10/24/2026