(a) Establishment; Executive Head. Council hereby establishes an Auxiliary Police Unit within the Police Department with the Director of Public Safety as the executive head.
(Ord. 66-76. Passed 5-24-76.)
(b) Appointment and Removal of Officers. The Director of Public Safety shall make all appointments and removals of Auxiliary Police Officers which shall not exceed forty persons at any given time. (Ord. 173-02. Passed 11-25-02.)
(c) Rules and Regulations. The Chief of Police may, from time to time, prescribe general regulations for the organization, training, administration, control and conduct of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(d) Pension Fund Ineligibility; Unclassified Service. Members of the Auxiliary Police Unit are not eligible for membership in the Police Relief and Pension Fund under Ohio R. C. 741.31 to 741.54, and shall not be in the classified service of the Municipality.
(e) Division into Two Sections. The Auxiliary Police Unit shall be divided into two sections to be determined by the Director of Public Safety, one section of which shall qualify as Peace Officers and be authorized to perform all the functions of a Police Officer including, but without limitation, carrying weapons and making arrests.
The other section within the Auxiliary Police Unit shall not be qualified as Peace Officers, shall not carry weapons nor make arrests, but shall function as Traffic Control Officers and perform other duties requiring the services of a Police Officer.
(Ord. 66-76. Passed 5-24-76.)