(A) t shall be the duty of the Board of Public Safety to select and appoint adult school guards. Persons so appointed shall be 18 years of age or over and of good moral character. Such persons shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed and discharged from such appointment by the Board at any time.
(B) The Board is authorized to specify and supply distinctive items of wearing apparel for such Adult School Guards for the purpose of identifying them as such, and to require that such be worn by the Guards while on duty; provided, however, that the wearing apparel shall be supplied without expense to such Guards.
('74 Code, § 2-65)
(C) The Board is authorized to place the Adult School Guards under the direct supervision and control of the Chief of Police or any Captain of the City Police Department. ('74 Code, § 2-66)
(D) It shall be the duty of Adult School Guards and their authority is hereby so limited, to supervise school child patrols appointed by the public and parochial primary schools in the city at street intersections within the city designated by the Board of Public Safety where and at the time when such patrols are on duty. No adult school guard shall be detailed by the Board to perform such duty except during the period of the regular school year and on the days that such schools are in regular session.
(E) The Board of Public Safety shall establish rules and regulations based upon the number of school children using a street intersection immediately before and immediately after each regular school session on each regular school day during the regular school year, the volume of vehicular traffic thereat at such times, the physical problems thereof and such other factors as the Board shall deem appropriate, by which the need for Adult School Guard supervision at such intersection shall be determined and upon the basis of which the Board shall assign adult school guards thereto.
('74 Code, § 2-67)
(F) Adult school guards shall have no police power or authority whatsoever, except that accorded by state law to private citizens, nor shall the Board of Public Safety, or any other officer or official of the city at any time delegate to any adult school guard any authority not herein expressly provided for or appoint any adult school guard as a regular or Special Police Officer or member of the Police Force of this city.
(G) The appointment of any Adult School Guard as a Deputy Sheriff or Special Deputy Sheriff of the county shall serve to automatically disqualify the adult school guard as such and to vacate his appointment hereunder. No person holding an appointment as Deputy Sheriff or Special Deputy Sheriff of the county shall be eligible to appointment as an adult school guard of the city.
('74 Code, § 2-68) (Ord. 2734, passed - - ; Am. Ord. S-182-76, passed 10-12-76)