(Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff.12/21/69.)
The Board shall appoint an officer of the Police Department to be the custodian of all badges and news media identification cards, and no official police officer’s badge, special police officer’s badge, civilian badge or news media identification card shall be issued to any person except by the custodian, who shall make a complete record of all badges and all news media identification cards so distributed, and shall distribute the same only as prescribed in this article.
The said custodian shall be responsible for the delivery of said badges and news media identification cards, and it shall be his duty to recall any and all badges of persons who have severed their connections with the Police Department or who have retired on pension.
It shall be his further duty to recall any and an news media identification cards of persons who have given up their positions as news-gathering representatives of newspapers, publications, news services, radio or television stations.
It shall be his further duty to recall any and all special police officers’ badges from any person who have ceased to perform the duties of special police officers.