In times of disorder or riot or when necessity therefor appears, the City Manager shall have the power to appoint special police, who shall take the oath of office required of the Chief of Police, and shall receive the base hourly rate of pay of a starting patrolman. He shall report at the first meeting of Council thereafter the names and number of such special police, the service rendered and the occasion calling for such service.
(1977 Code Sec. 5.04)