(A) Upon the recommendation of the city manager, the city council may, when, in its judgment, the public welfare of the city shall so require, appoint part time police officers as may be necessary and in the best interests of the city. Said appointed part time police officers must successfully complete any training mandated by the Illinois law enforcement training standards board, the city of Dixon or the chief of police.
(B) Said part time officers shall be members of the Dixon police department, except for pension purposes. Said part time officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full time police officers of the Dixon police department and shall not be used as permanent replacements for permanent full time police officers.
(C) Said part time officers shall be trained under the intergovernmental law enforcement officers in-service training act and in accordance with the procedures for part time police officers established by the Illinois law enforcement training and standards board. Prior to the hiring of a part time officer, the applicant shall complete an application, an oral interview, and a background investigation, as determined by the chief of police, and such other requirements and tests as may be established from time to time by the city council. Said hiring standards shall be submitted to the Illinois law enforcement training and standards board for its review.
(D) The maximum number of hours a part time police officer may work in a calendar year is restricted to one thousand five hundred sixty (1,560) hours. (Ord. 2885, 8-6-2012; amd. 2020 Code)