(a) Established. There is hereby established within the Commercial Point Police Department an auxiliary police unit.
(b) Governed by Ohio Revised Code. The auxiliary police unit shall be governed in accordance with Ohio R.C. § 737.161, and shall operate in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the United States and the State of Ohio, and in accordance with the ordinances of the Village of Commercial Point.
(c) Qualifications. No person shall be appointed as a member of the auxiliary police unit unless such person has previously been awarded, or is in the process of obtaining, a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio police officer training council attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program as provided in Ohio R.C. § 109.77.
(d) Chief of Police duties. The Chief of Police shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transferring of all auxiliary police officers and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing and the direction of the work of such unit. Members of the auxiliary police unit who have obtained the certificate specified in division (c) above of this section shall have all police powers, but shall perform only such police duties as are assigned by the Chief of Police. All auxiliary members shall obey the chain of command of the Commercial Point Police Department and shall take orders from all full-time or part-time members thereof.
(e) Mayor’s duties. The Mayor shall prescribe general rules and regulations for the organization, training, administration, control and conduct of the auxiliary police unit.
(f) Services and compensation. All services rendered and performed by members of the auxiliary police unit shall be on a voluntary basis. Members of the auxiliary police unit shall be paid one dollar ($1.00) annually. Members of the unit shall not be eligible for any employee benefits, nor shall such members be eligible for membership in the Police Relief and Pension Fund under Ohio R.C. §§ 741.31 to 741.54 inclusive.
(g) Compensation for Mayor’s Court appearances.
(1) The Council of the Village of Commercial Point hereby authorizes compensation to be made to auxiliary officers appearing in Mayor’s Court at a flat fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per appearance.
(2) Compensation to auxiliary officers for appearances in Mayor’s Court shall be retroactive to January 1, 2005.
(Ord. 4-92.2, passed 4-6-1992; Am. Ord. 2005-04, passed 1-17-2005)