The Director of Safety is hereby authorized to commission auxiliary police officers, under authority of Ohio R.C. 737.05 and 737.051, as may be necessary. The following rules and regulations shall apply to such auxiliary police officers and their commissioning:
(a) Auxiliary police officers shall receive as compensation for their duties the wages as shown in the current compensation ordinances.
(b) Auxiliary police officers shall not be on the classified list of the Division of Police, nor eligible for participation in the Police Disability and Pension Fund under Ohio R.C. Chapter 742.
(c) Auxiliary police officers shall be classified into two levels, as follows:
(1) Level I. Officers who have completed the course of study designated by the Ohio Peace Officers Training Council for peace officers, under Ohio R.C. 109.77 (or Rule 109:2-1-16 of the Ohio Administrative, Code , shall have all the powers and exercise all the duties provided by law for police officers in preserving the peace, protecting persons and property and obeying and enforcing all ordinances and resolutions of the City and all criminal laws of the State, while on actual duty or when called upon to supplement the regular police.
(2) Level II. Officers who have not completed the course of study designated by the Ohio Peace Officers Training Council for peace officers, under Ohio R.C. 109.77 (or Rule 109:2-1-16 of the Ohio Administrative Code), shall act as parapolice and shall exercise only those duties assigned and/or designated to them in the Rules and Regulations of the Maple Heights Auxiliary Police, including, but not limited to, providing security, directing traffic and issuing parking citations when violations are viewed in accordance with these Codified Ordinances, while on actual duty or when called upon to supplement the regular police.
(d) All auxiliary police officers shall further be governed by the rules and regulations pertaining to them which are adopted by the Chief of Police and the Director of Safety, and shall be further bound by any directives or orders of the Chief of Police pertaining to their operation and conduct.
(Ord. 1987-66. Passed 7-15-87.)