(a) Any claim or suit brought against any employee of the City, arising from or because of any action or inaction by such employee in the scope of his or her employment as an employee of the City, subsequent to the effective date of this section, shall be defended by the Director of Law until the final termination of the proceedings therein, unless the City is an adverse party to the employee in such proceedings.
(b) The City shall save any of its employees harmless from personal liability on any judgment resulting from any claim or suit brought against any such employee because of any action or inaction by such employee in the scope of his employment with the City, unless the City is an adverse party to the employee in such proceedings.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any claim or suit brought against an employee of the City arising from or because of any action or inaction of such employee that would constitute a crime under the laws of the United States, the State or the City, or that is malicious or wanton in nature.
(Ord. O77-31, passed 3-15-1977)