(A) The Village President is hereby authorized to appoint part-time police officers as employees, subject to the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.
(B) (1) Prior to appointment, all proposed part-time officers shall be fingerprinted and their fingerprints shall be checked with the Federal Bureau of Identification for any possible criminal record.
(2) No person shall be appointed as a part-time police officer if he or she has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude.
(3) The appointment of any or all part-time police officers may be terminated by the Village President subject to the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.
(C) Part-time police officers shall, at all times during the performance of their duties, be subject to the direction and control of the Chief of Police of the village.
(D) Part-time police officers shall have the following powers and duties when properly assigned and on duty:
(1) Aid or direct traffic in the municipality;
(2) Aid in control of natural or human-made disaster;
(3) Aid in case of civil disorder;
(4) Perform normal and regular police duties when assigned by the Chief of Police on occasions when it is impractical for members of the full-time Department to perform normal and regular police duties;
(5) To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace, or are found violating any municipal ordinance or criminal law of the state;
(6) To exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace that the corporate authorities may prescribe; and
(7) Serve and execute all warrants for the violations of the municipal ordinances, or the state criminal law, within the limits of the village.
(E) All police officers, other than those officers who shall be employed on a full-time basis, shall be qualified to enter and successfully complete any training mandated by the state’s Law Enforcement Training Standards Board; that the aforesaid hiring standard, particularly with respect to part-time police officers employed by the village, shall be submitted to the state’s Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, as required by statute.
(F) Part-time officers shall be paid at the current pay schedule hourly rate, provided such service is performed at the direction of the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 15-O-2, passed 2-17-2015)