(A) Fire Department. City-owned Fire Department vehicles shall use TSPS while on emergency responses only. Unless otherwise provided for herein, all other use by the Department is prohibited. Conditions for the use of TSPS hereby become a part of the Fire Department standard operating procedures.
(B) Police Department. City-owned Police Department vehicles shall use TSPS while on emergency responses only or when authorized by the Chief of Police in advance for facilitating traffic flow. Unless otherwise provided for herein, all other use by the Department is prohibited. Conditions for the use of TSPS hereby become a part of the Police Department standard operating procedures.
(C) City or county maintenance personnel. Dakota County or Apple Valley maintenance personnel, or their contractors under written agreement, may activate TSPS only when testing or repairing the system. Sirens and flashing red lights need not be used, except when the test vehicle must exceed the posted speed limits. In such instances, the test must be pre-approved and coordinated through the Chief of Police.
(D) Emergency vehicles not owned or operated by the city. The use of TSPS within the city by emergency vehicles of other jurisdictions or governmental agencies shall be approved by resolution by the City Council. Upon formal approval by the City Council, the user of TSPS shall follow all procedures prescribed by the city in utilizing TSPS.
(E) Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person to install a TSPS emitter in a vehicle or activate TSPS in Apple Valley by any means whatsoever unless authorized under this subchapter.
(‘81 Code, § 19-92) (Ord. 401, passed 8-27-87)