(A) Each member of the Animal Control Division, while performing his respective duties, shall carry proper identification, to be determined by the Chief of Police.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A), members of the Animal Control Division shall not and are not authorized to carry on their persons any firearms of any kind unless specifically authorized by the Chief of Police. However, members of the Animal Control Division may store at animal shelters or carry in department vehicles firearms approved for use by the Chief of Police and use such firearms when necessary to enforce sections of this chapter or other applicable law for the control of wild, vicious, diseased, or potentially dangerous animals when the officer in charge of the Animal Control Division deems the action necessary.
('71 Code, § 3-3) (Ord. passed 9-23-75)