The motor vehicles owned by the county and furnished to the County Sheriff’s Department shall be used by the County Sheriff’s Department pursuant to the direction of the County Sheriff to accomplish the duties and responsibilities assigned to the County Sheriff’s Department by law except as hereafter modified.
(A) The County Sheriff shall assign motor vehicles to members of the County Sheriff’s Department at his or her discretion.
(B) Any vehicle so assigned shall be subject to such restriction as the County Sheriff or the County Sheriff’s Merit Board shall set forth.
(C) Said officer may use and drive said vehicle so assumed at any time within the county within his or her discretion and within the rules set forth by the County Sheriff and the County Sheriff’s Merit Board.
(D) Said vehicle may not be driven by anyone other than a member of the County Sheriff’s Department who is a legitimate and lawful police officer, except authorized by the County Sheriff for specific purposes such as the maintenance of the vehicle.
(E) No persons may be in or transported in such vehicle except as may be necessary or required by the deputy’s duties as a member of the County Sheriff’s Department.
(F) No members of the deputy’s family or the persons not a part of the law enforcement agency may be transported in such vehicle except as may be required as the officer’s specific duties as a police officer of the county.
(G) Said vehicles should not be removed from the geographical area of the county, except as authorized by the Sheriff of the county, and which may be specifically required by the officer’s duties as a police officer.
(H) The provision of this section shall not apply to vehicles operated by the duly elected and qualified Sheriff of the county.
(Ord. 1-4-7, passed 10-20-1986)