(A) The employees that the Board of Park Commissioners designates for that purpose, may exercise all the powers of police officers within and adjacent to the lands under the jurisdiction and control of the Board or when acting as authorized by R.C. § 1545.131 or 1545.132. Before exercising the powers of police officers, the designated employees shall comply with the certification requirement established in R.C. § 109.77, take an oath, and give a bond to the state in the sum that the Board prescribes, for the proper performance of their duties in this respect. This section is subject to the following division (B) below.
(B) (1) The Board of Park Commissioners shall not designate an employee as provided in division (A), on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the employee previously has been convicted or has pleaded guilty to a felony.
(2) (a) The Board of Park Commissioners shall terminate the employment of an employee designated as provided in division (A) if the employee does either of the following:
1. Pleads guilty to a felony;
2. Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in R.C. § 2929.43 in which the employee agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the employee under R.C. § 109.77.
(b) The Board shall suspend from employment an employee designated as provided in division (A) of this section if the employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the employee files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the employee does not file a timely appeal, the Board shall terminate the employment of that employee. If the employee files an appeal that results in the employee’s acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the employee, the Board shall reinstate that employee. An employee who is reinstated under this division (B) shall not receive any back pay unless that employee’s conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the employee of the felony.
(3) Division (B) does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1995.
(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of an employee under division (B)(2) shall be in accordance with R.C. Ch. 119.
(R.C. § 1545.13)