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(A) The President of the municipality is authorized to appoint ten auxiliary police officers as employees, subject to the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.
(B) Prior to appointment, all proposed auxiliary police officers shall be fingerprinted and their fingerprints shall be checked with the Federal Bureau of Identification, Washington, D.C., for any possible criminal record.
(C) No person shall be appointed as an auxiliary police officers if he or she has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude.
(D) The appointment of any or all auxiliary police officers may be terminated by the President subject to the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.
(2000 Code, § 34.20) (Ord. 700, passed 4-7-1969)
Auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the regular Police Department of the municipality. Auxiliary police officers need not be residents of the municipality. Identification symbols worn by such auxiliary police officers shall be different and distinct from those used by the regular Police Department, and shall be selected and chosen by the Chief of Police. Auxiliary police officers shall at all times during the performance of their duties be subject to the direction and control of the Chief of Police.
(2000 Code, § 34.21) (Ord. 700, passed 4-7-1969)
Auxiliary police officers shall have the following powers and duties, when properly assigned and on duty:
(A) To aid or direct traffic in the municipality;
(B) To aid in the control of natural or human-made disasters;
(C) To aid in case of civil disorders;
(D) To perform normal and regular police duties when assigned by the Chief of Police on occasions when it is impracticable for members of the regular Police Department to perform normal and regular police duties;
(E) To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace, or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the state;
(F) To commit arrested persons for examination;
(G) If necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody overnight or Sunday in any safe place, or until they can be brought before the proper magistrate;
(H) To exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace that the corporate authorities may prescribe; and
(I) To serve and execute all warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the state criminal law within the limits of the municipality, and, for this purpose, to have all the common law and statutory power of Sheriffs.
(2000 Code, § 34.22) (Ord. 700, passed 4-7-1969)
Auxiliary police officers shall not carry firearms, except with the permission of the Chief of Police, or, in his or her absence, of the ranking officer on duty, and then only when in uniform and in the performance of their duties.
(2000 Code, § 34.23) (Ord. 700, passed 4-7-1969)
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