(a) Upon application, the Mayor or Deputy Safety Director is hereby authorized to commission persons for intervals not to exceed six months renewable terms as a Commissioned Officer in the Beat Patrol Commissioned Police Department.
(b) Such appointee or appointees shall not be in the classified service or list of the Police Department. Such appointee or appointees 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 as defined in § 129.10(b) and only during the work hours assigned by their employers, upon determination that the following conditions have been satisfied.
(1) 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.
(2) The said Beat Patrol Commissioned Officers shall be issued or authorized such weapons, equipment and uniforms as the Chief of Police shall determine and they shall only utilize such weapons, equipment and uniforms as may be issued or authorized during the terms of their commission(s).
(Ord. 72-98, passed 7-21-1998)