(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Safety an Auxiliary Police Unit with a maximum number of six (6) members, who shall be appointed by the Village Manager.
(b) Auxiliary police officers shall serve so long as the Village Manager may direct, or until a resignation submitted by such member is accepted by the Village Manager.
(c) Each member of the Auxiliary Police Unit shall be a resident of Licking County, Ohio, or an adjacent county, and must be at least twenty-one years of age at the time of his/her appointment.
(d) The Chief of Police shall be the commanding officer of the Auxiliary Police Unit and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing and direction of work of such unit. The Auxiliary Police Unit shall have all police powers, but shall perform only such police duties as are assigned by the Chief of Police and shall act only when in a prescribed uniform. The Chief of Police shall prescribe the time and place such uniform shall be worn. Auxiliary Police Unit members shall obey the chain of command of the Police Department and shall take orders from all regularly appointed members thereof.
(e) The Chief of Police shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the organization, administration, conduct and control of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(f) Uniforms will be provided for each member of the Auxiliary Police Unit, with the exception of leather gear and footwear, and each member will be required to provide his/her own duty sidearm.
(g) Service to be Voluntary; Travel and Expense Allowance.
(1) All services performed by Auxiliary Police personnel shall be on a voluntary basis and within the Village.
(2) Auxiliary Police Unit members shall be entitled to receive the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) annually as a travel and incidental expense allowance. Payment of this sum may be made either by installments or in a lump sum, as determined by the Finance Director. The method of payment shall be uniform for all members, but may be changed from time to time. Newly appointed members shall be entitled to a prorated portion of the yearly allowance based upon time of appointment. (Ord. 02-03. Passed 2- 19-03.)