(A) Appointment.
(1) The Mayor is hereby authorized to appoint ten auxiliary police officers, as employees, subject to the advice and consent of the City Council. Prior to appointment, all proposed auxiliary police officers shall be fingerprinted and their fingerprints shall be checked with the Federal Bureau of Identification, Washington, D.C. for any possible criminal record.
(2) No person shall be appointed as an auxiliary police officer if he has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. The appointment of any or all auxiliary police officers may be terminated by the Mayor subject to the advice and consent of the City Council.
('69 Code, § 16-23)
(B) Police members. Such auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the regular Police Department of the city. Auxiliary police officers need not be residents of the city. Identification symbols worn by such auxiliary police officers shall be different and distinct from those used by the regular Police Department and shall be selected and chosen by the Chief of Police of the city.
('69 Code, § 16-24)
(C) Powers and duties. Auxiliary police officers shall have the following powers and duties, when properly assigned and on duty, as directed by the Chief of Police, provided, that in cases which render it impractical for members of the regular Police Department to perform the normal and regular police duties, the Chief of Police of the regular Police Department is hereby authorized to assign auxiliary police officers to perform such normal and regular police duties:
(1) To aid or direct traffic in the municipality;
(2) To aid in control of natural or manmade disasters;
(3) To aid in case of civil disorder;
(4) To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace, or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the state;
(5) To commit arrested persons for examination;
(6) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody overnight or Sunday in any safe place, or until they can be brought before the proper magistrate;
(7) To exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace that the corporate authorities may prescribe;
(8) To serve and execute all warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances, or the state criminal law, within the limits of the city, and for this purpose to have all the common law and statutory power of sheriffs.
('69 Code, § 16-25)
(D) Carrying firearms. Auxiliary police officers shall not carry firearms except with the permission of the Chief of Police and then only when in uniform and in the performance of their duties.
('69 Code, § 16-26)
(E) Training. Auxiliary police officers, prior to entering upon any of their duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of weapons and other police procedures by the Chief of Police. Such course of training shall be not less than 60 hours in duration. Upon completion of the course of training, the Chief of Police shall file a certificate attesting to the auxiliary police officer's completion of the course, with the City Clerk.
('69 Code, § 16-27)
(F) Payment for services. Auxiliary police officers shall be paid at the rate of $1.75 per hour for each hour of service performed, provided such service is performed at the direction of the Chief of Police.
('69 Code, § 16-28)
(Ord. 0-69-1, passed 1-7-69)