(a) Appointment of Members. There shall be created within the Village Police Department an Auxiliary Police Unit, the members of which shall be appointed by the Mayor, to provide a class of trained police personnel within the Village.
(b) Term of Service. Auxiliary Police Officers shall serve so long as the Mayor may direct, or until a resignation submitted by such members shall be accepted by the Mayor.
(c) Qualifications of Members. The members shall have such qualifications and other requirements as provided by the rules and regulations provided for in subsection (e) below.
(d) Control of Unit. The Chief of Police shall be the commanding officer of the Auxiliary Police Unit and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing, and the direction of work of such unit. The Auxiliary Police Unit will have all police powers, but shall perform only such police duties as assigned by the Chief of Police, and shall act only when in the prescribed uniform or portion of uniform. The Chief of Police shall prescribe the time and place such uniform or portion thereof shall be worn. Such Auxiliary members shall obey the chain of command of the Police Department and shall take orders from all regular appointed members thereof.
(e) Rules and Regulations. The Mayor shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the organization, administration, conduct and control of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(f) Uniform. The Mayor is authorized to prescribe, by the rules and regulations, the type of uniform or part thereof which shall be worn by members of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(g) Service on Voluntary Basis: Compensation.
(1) All services performed by Auxiliary Policemen shall be on a voluntary basis and within the Village.
(2) Auxiliary Policemen shall be paid one dollar ($1.00) annually.
(h) Eligibility for Membership. Members of the Auxiliary Police Unit are not eligible for membership in the Police Relief and Pension Fund, or other benefits provided Police Officers or Employees of the Village.
(1) Nonliability. This section is declared by the Council as an exercise by the Village of its police powers for the protection of public peace, health, property, safety, and general welfare, and neither the Village, nor agent or representative of the Village, an officer appointed under the provisions of this section, or any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or the receiver or trustees or any other agent thereof, who in good faith, executes any executive order, rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be liable for injury or damage sustained to person or property as the direct or proximate result of such action.
(Ord. 82-6. Passed 3-22-82.)