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(a) The Police Chief is hereby authorized to organize a Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Unit in the City to operate under the supervision and jurisdiction of the Police Chief and subject to the control of the Police Chief and Council.
(b) As one of the conditions of this authority, there shall be no compensation paid to any of the members of the Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Unit, unless the same is approved by Council by proper legislation.
(c) It is further a condition of this authority that the Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Unit shall operate in the City until dissolved or discontinued by action of Council.
(Ord. 109-62. Passed 12-28-62.)
(a) Any person applying for a position as a full-time or part-time police officer shall, within 12 months of their appointment, reside within Lorain County or one of its adjoining counties and shall continue to reside within said geographical area while serving as a member of the Division of Police.
(Ord. 124-95. Passed 9-11-95; Ord. 128-07. Passed 9-24-07.)
(b) Any person appointed as a police officer must continue to reside within the area designated in subsection (a) hereof during the continuation of such person's employment as a police officer.
(Ord. 95-92. Passed 8-17-92.)
(a) The Finance Director is hereby authorized to create a new Fund, to be called the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, for the collection of the proceeds of the sale of contraband or unclaimed or forfeited property not retained for law enforcement use, as more fully set forth in Ohio R.C. 2933.43.
(b) The proceeds distributed from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund shall be allocated by Council only to the Police Division, and these proceeds may not be used for any Municipal purpose unrelated to law enforcement.
(c) The proceeds expended from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund shall be expended only to pay the costs of protracted or complex investigations or prosecutions, to provide reasonable training or expertise, to provide matching funds to obtain Federal grants to aid law enforcement, or for such other law enforcement purposes as Council determines to be appropriate.
(Ord. 77-88. Passed 11-14-88.)
(a) A person shall be eligible for original appointment as a police officer up to age sixty-five.
(b) Advertising of examinations shall include the maximum age allowed so that eligible ages shall be from age twenty-one to age sixty-five.
(Ord. 53-89. Passed 6-26-89.)