(a) The Director of Safety-Service is hereby authorized to commission private police officers who shall not be within the classified service of the City, and who shall be given the authority granted in this section.
(Ord. 98-69. Passed 3-16-98.)
(b) Private police officers, as commissioned by the Director, shall have full and complete police powers identical to and co-extensive with existing police officers of the Police Division, but such police powers shall be exercised only at such times and within the geographical areas as outlined below and as specified in their commission:
(1) Such police authority shall be granted to private police officers only during the time that they are lawfully on duty as employees of the City or the Park and Recreation Board and within the geographic limits of the area owned by or under the control of the Park and Recreation Board; or
(2) Such police authority shall be granted to a private police officer only during the time that he or she is lawfully on duty as an employee of the City and working in the official capacity as Jail Administrator or Correction Officer for the Police Division, so long as said Jail Administrator or Correction Officer is a State-certified law enforcement officer.
(Ord. 2000-98. Passed 6-5-00.)
(c) Private police officers, as herein authorized to be commissioned by the Director of Safety- Service, shall be adult employees of the City or the Park and Recreation Board, as authorized by Council and as appropriated for by Council.
(d) Private police officers shall not be within the classified service of the City and authority for their commissioning is hereby made pursuant to Ohio R.C. 737.05.
(e) Private police officers, as hereinbefore authorized to be commissioned, are hereby granted full and complete powers, in accordance with their jurisdiction as hereinbefore specified, to enforce all existing ordinances of the City and statutes of the State.
(Ord. 98-69. Passed 3-16-98.)