(a) Creation and appointment. There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety an auxiliary police force, the members of which shall be appointed by the Mayor.
(b) Term of service. An auxiliary police officer shall serve as long as the Mayor may direct, or until a resignation submitted by such police officer shall be accepted by the Mayor.
(c) Age and qualifications. The members of the auxiliary police force shall not be under 21 years of age at the time of their appointment. They shall have such additional qualifications as are prescribed in the rules and regulations for the auxiliary police force.
(d) Control and assignment. The Police Chief shall be the commanding officer of the auxiliary police force and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing and direction of the work of such force. The auxiliary police force shall perform only such police duties as are assigned by the Police Chief, and shall act only when in the prescribed uniform or portion of uniform. When under assignment by the Police Chief and in the prescribed uniform, the auxiliary police shall have all police powers. They shall obey the chain of command of the Police Department and shall take orders from all regularly appointed members thereof.
(e) Rules and regulations. The Police Chief shall, with the approval of the Mayor, prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct and control of the auxiliary police force.
(f) Performance of services. All services performed by auxiliary police officers shall be performed on a voluntary basis and within the limits of the city, provided, however, that services performed by the auxiliary police officers while performing as police officers to testify at Court proceedings based upon their official duties as such police officers for the benefit of the city, wherein such officers are required to lose time from their full-time employment, they shall be reimbursed at the third-grade police officer’s hourly rate by the city, not as an employee, but as reimbursement for wages lost, subject at all times to the express approval of the Chief of Police.
(g) Cash uniform allowance. Each auxiliary police officer/special police officer and animal warden, shall be granted a cash uniform allowance of $150 per year; and each police dispatcher shall also be granted a cash uniform allowance of $100 per year, all payable on December 1 of each year.
(1) Auxiliary police officers shall be paid the annual amount as provided in this division (g), provided that the individual has been a member of the auxiliary police force during the entire calendar year.
(2) The special police officers, police dispatchers and animal wardens shall be paid the annual amounts as provided in this division (g), provided that the individual has been a special police officer, police dispatcher or an animal warden for a period of six months out of the year.
(3) No one shall be entitled to more than one clothing allowance for any year irrespective of the number of differing job classifications held during the year.
(h) Worker’s compensation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Ohio Industrial Commission pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4123.03 for the purpose of providing coverage for members of the auxiliary police force under the worker’s compensation law of the state.
(Ord. 5813, passed 5-17-1967; Ord. 7550, passed 4-20-1982; Ord. 7691, passed 12-6-1983)