PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
Chap. 602. Administration and Enforcement.
Chap. 603. Municipal Civil Infractions.
Chap. 606. Alcoholic Beverages.
Chap. 610. Animals.
Chap. 618. Drugs.
Chap. 620. Dangerous Dogs and Potentially Dangerous Dogs.
Chap. 632. Handbills.
Chap. 660. Offenses Relating to Persons.
Chap. 662. Offenses Relating to Property.
Chap. 666. Peace Disturbances.
Chap. 668. Fireworks
Chap. 670. Railroads.
Chap. 676. Safety, Sanitation and Health.
Chap. 680. Sex Related Offenses.
Chap. 684. Smoke Abatement.
Chap. 692. Weapons and Explosives.
602.01 Appearance tickets.
602.02 Impersonating an officer.
602.03 Failure to obey a police officer; fleeing.
602.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Penalties for violations of City ordinances - see CHTR. Ch. V Sec. 12
Prosecutions - see CHTR. Ch. V Sec. 16
Purchase of drugs by municipal officers and employees - see M.C.L.A. Sec. 335.55
Public safety generally - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 750.493 et seq.
Notices generally - see ADM. 202.05
Municipal civil infractions - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 603
Police radio system - see GEN. OFF. 676.06
(a) Issuance. Pursuant to the authority contained in Act 366 of the Public Acts of 1984, as amended, each of the following persons in the employ of the City is hereby authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets upon a person, with respect to offenses less than felony grade, if any of the following has reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed an offense in violation of State law or local ordinance for which the maximum permissible penalty does not exceed the penalty set forth in Section 202.99 of the Administration Code:
(1) The Superintendent of the Building Department, the Deputy Superintendent of the Department, the Structural Inspector, the Heating and Refrigeration Inspector, the Electrical Inspector and the Plumbing Inspector, in connection with the duties and functions of the Building Department;
(Res. 86-704. Passed 9-29-86.)
(2) The Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, fire marshals, fire inspectors and other Fire Department personnel authorized by the Fire Chief, in connection with the duties and functions of the Fire Department;
(3) The Environmental Ordinance Officer and Special Projects, and all Deputy Environmental Ordinance Officers, in connection with their functions and duties as set forth in Chapter 232 of the Administration Code;
(4) Community service officers, within the scope of their assigned authority;
(5) Emergency Police Reserve Force members, within the scope of their assigned authority;
(6) Parking enforcement officers, within the scope of their assigned authority;
(7) Animal Control/Ordinance Officers, within the scope of their assigned authority; and
(8) Registration Clerks, within the scope of their assigned authority.
(b) Appearance Tickets Defined; Contents. As used in this section, "appearance ticket" means a complaint or written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer or by any of the public servants described in subsection (a) hereof authorized to issue it, directing a designated person to appear in the Twenty-fifth District Court at a designated future time in connection with his or her alleged commission of a designated violation of State law or local ordinance for which the maximum permissible penalty does not exceed the penalty set forth in Section 202.99 of the Administration Code. The appearance tickets, with respect to numbering, form and copies, shall comply with the requirements of M.C.L.A. 764.9f, as amended (M.S.A. 28.868.(6), as amended).
(Res. 85-465. Passed 7-15-85; Res. 91-333. Passed 5-28-91; Res. 98-369. Passed 8-24-98; Res. 2000-576. Passed 10-30-00.)
(a) Public Place Defined. As used in this section, "public place" means any private property in the City while such property is open to the general public, or any property in the City under public ownership or control.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.08.010)
(b) Uniforms. No person shall wear, on the streets, highways, alleys or other public places in the City, any uniform simulating the uniform of the Police Department or a uniform similar thereto unless such uniform has placed at the top of each sleeve, in contrasting colors and in letters not less than one-half inch in height, the words "private police" or words of like designation.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.08.020)
(c) Inspections by Chief of Police. The Chief of Police or his or her designated representative is authorized to inspect such uniforms and to approve or disapprove the same.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.08.030)
(d) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to private guards, watchmen or police officers who wear uniforms solely on private property or other places of employment and who do not wear such uniforms on any street, highway, alley or other public place, building or structure in the City.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.08.040)
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