Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers shall be appointed by the Mayor in the unclassified service of the Police Department and shall have full police powers and be considered law enforcement officers for enforcement of the state’s Criminal Code and the codified ordinances of the city, but only within the restricted limits of their assignments set forth in their Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers assignment cards and subject to the following provisions.
(b) Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers shall have full police powers and be considered law enforcement officers, only upon assignment by the Chief of Police, limited to one or more of the following duties of the codified ordinances throughout the city: traffic enforcement, serving of outstanding warrants, patrol assigned areas and perform special assignments in high crime areas, enforcement of any statutes or ordinances as may become necessary in performing the duties as court officer for the city’s Board of Education; enforcement throughout the city of chapters 303, 305, 307, 351 and 355 of the codified ordinances of the city and such other administrative duties as may be assigned by the Chief of Police.
(c) The Chief of Police shall be the commanding officer of the Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing and directions of the work of such unit. Members of the unit shall perform only such police duties as may be assigned by the Chief of Police in the above-stated categories and shall act only when in the prescribed uniform. Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers shall be subject to all ordinances and rules and regulations pertaining to private police to the extent applicable and not in conflict with the ordinances and departmental rules promulgated specially for the regulation of Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers.
(d) Those members of the Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers unit, if otherwise eligible under statute, shall become members of the public employees retirement system and shall enjoy all of the benefits provided by the city for employees in the unclassified civil service. The salary to be paid to Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers shall be at an hourly wage rate of a third-grade patrol officer.
(Ord. 72-98, passed 7-21-1998)