(a) Auxiliary Police Unit. There is created within the Police Department an Auxiliary Police unit, the member of which shall be appointed by the Mayor per section 737.161 of the Ohio Revised Code. All applicants for such positions must satisfy, or be able to satisfy, such qualifications as the Mayor and Council shall ordain.
(b) Sworn Auxiliary Police Officers. All Auxiliary Police officers must be sworn in by the Mayor.
(c) Period of Service. Auxiliary Police Officers shall serve so long as the Mayor may direct, or until a resignation submitted by any such member is accepted by the Mayor.
(d) Volunteer Status of Auxiliary Police Officers. Auxiliary Police Officers serve as volunteers and are not employees of the Village of New Concord. Auxiliary Police Officers do not serve probationary periods and have no statutory right continued employment. As a result, such officers serve at the Mayor's pleasure and are terminable at will.
(e) Compensation. Auxiliary Police Officers that complete their FTO Training will be allowed to work patrol shifts that are open and needed. The rate of pay for an Auxiliary Officer that works a shift will be paid $12.00 per hour. Every two years Village Council will review the pay for Auxiliary and adjust accordingly.
(f) Scheduled Hours. Auxiliary Police Officers shall serve at such times as are determined to be necessary and scheduled by the Police Chief. Auxiliary Police Officers shall be required to volunteer a minimum of eight hours per month as scheduled by the Chief of Police. Failure to work the required volunteer hours or failure to appear for scheduled volunteer hours shall be cause for removal.
(g) Command of Unit. The Chief of Police or his/her designee shall be the commanding officer and shall have control over the assignment, training, stationing and direction of all members of the Auxiliary Police Unit. The Auxiliary Police Unit shall have all police powers, but shall perform only such police duties as are assigned to them by the Chief of Police or his/her designee whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, protect life and property and enforce the laws of the State of Ohio and the ordinances of the Village of New Concord. Auxiliary officers shall only act in such capacity while on active duty and shall obey the chain of command of the Police Department.
(h) Rule and Regulations. The Chief of Police, under the direction of the Mayor, shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the administration, conduct and control of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(i) Uniforms. The Chief of Police shall determine what type of uniform or part thereof shall be worn by members of the Auxiliary Police Unit. Auxiliary Police Officers shall be issued one uniform by the Village of New Concord, which must be returned at the end of each officer's service. No Auxiliary Police Officer shall appear in public in uniform unless scheduled or called to duty by the Chief of Police or officer in charge of the police department.
(j) Firearms. Auxiliary Police Officers must provide their own duty firearm as outlined in the Police Department Policies and Procedures and must be approved by the Chief of Police.
(k) Trainings/Certifications. All auxiliary officers will be required to qualify annually for firearms certification and all other necessary trainings as determined by the Police Chief.
(Ord. C-11-18-1. Passed 11-19-18.)