Upon application, the Mayor as ex-officio Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to commission persons for one year renewable terms as private police officers, who shall not be in the classified service or list of the Police Department, and who shall have full police powers and be considered law enforcement officers for enforcement of the Ohio Criminal Code and the codified ordinances of the city, but only within the restricted limits of the territory set forth in their private police commission cards and only during the work hours assigned by their employers, upon determination that the following conditions have been satisfied.
(a) The applicant meets all of the qualifications required for issuance of a handgun owner’s identification card, and pays the annual fee provided therein.
(b) A current agreement between the city and the applicant’s employer indemnifying the city for wrongful acts of the applicant upon commissioning together with any certificates of insurance required thereby shall be on file with the Director of Finance; such agreement shall be in terms approved by the Director of Law and shall include provisions requiring the employer to secure and maintain professional liability insurance on the acts of the applicant under the commission with the employer and city as named insureds, except in instances where the assets of the employer and terms of the indemnification agreement are sufficient in the opinion of the Director of Law to preclude the necessity of this requirement.
(c) The applicant is employed and has written acknowledgment of employment and authorization to apply for a private police commission as authorized by this section from the applicant’s employer with respect to premises owned or leased by the employer located within the territorial limits of the city.
(d) The applicant shall satisfy one of the following requirements:
(1) Provide certification to establish successful completion of the approved training program designed by the state’s Peace Officers Training Council for special police officers, security guards or persons otherwise privately employed in a police capacity pursuant to Ohio R.C. 109.78;
(2) Provide proof of past employment as a full-time police officer in the classified service of the Ohio State Highway Patrol or a state municipal police department for at least three years, assuming satisfactory completion of the basic police course required by the state’s Peace Officers Training Council, as a part of such employment or completion of 20 years of active duty as a peace officer; or
(3) The applicant is a full-time police officer of the city with respect to approved off-duty employment.
(e) Upon order of the Mayor or Chief of Police, appointments hereunder may be conditioned upon satisfactory completion within one year of any refresher course determined necessary in the sole opinion of the Mayor or Chief of Police subject, however, to the presumption that successful completion of the refresher course established by § 129.07 within two years of application shall be prima facie evidence of adequate training.
(Ord. 7133, passed 3-21-1978; Ord. 7157, passed 5-2-1978)