Appointment: There is hereby created the position of Auxiliary Police Officer. Such officers shall be appointed and discharged by the Village Manager or his designee, with the advice and consent of the President and Board of Trustees, in such numbers as the Village Manager or his designee shall from time to time deem necessary.
Qualifications: Applicants shall be fingerprinted prior to appointment and shall not have been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. Prior to entering upon any duties, said persons shall receive a course of training in the use of weapons and other police procedures as shall be appropriate in the exercise of the powers conferred upon an auxiliary police officer, which training shall be determined and provided by the Village, as set forth in the Orland Park Police Department Policies and Procedures Manual.
Authority: Such auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the regular Police Department and shall not supplement members of the regular Police Department in the performance of their assigned and normal duties, except as otherwise provided herein. Such auxiliary police officers shall only be assigned to perform the following duties in the Village:
a. To aid or direct traffic within the Village.
b. To aid in control of natural or man made disasters.
c. To aid in case of civil disorder as directed by the Police Chief; provided that, in cases which render it impractical for members of the regular Police Department to perform the normal and regular police duties, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized to assign auxiliary police officers to perform normal and regular police duties.
Identification: Identification symbols, including a badge and uniform, worn by such auxiliary police officers shall be different and distinct from those used by members of the regular Police Department. Such auxiliary police officers shall at all times during the performance of their duties be subject to the direction and control of the Chief of Police, or of the superior officer in charge during such period of duty.
Firearms: The auxiliary police officers shall not carry firearms, except with the permission of the Chief of Police and while in uniform and in the performance of their duties. Before being permitted to carry a firearm, an auxiliary police officer must have successfully completed the same course of training as is required of peace officers under Section 2 of the Peace Officers Firearm Training Act. 50 ILCS 710/2.
Conservators of the Peace: The auxiliary police officers, when on duty, but not at any other time, shall also be conservators of the peace and shall have the powers as prescribed in the Illinois Municipal Code at 65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25 provided the auxiliary police officer has complied with the provisions of the Police Training Act, 50 ILCS 705/10.5, and completed the 400-Hour Mandatory Basic Law Enforcement Officer Training Course required by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, otherwise the auxiliary police officer shall not be a conservator of the peace and shall not possess conservation of the peace powers as provided by 65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25.
(Ord. 4206, 12-4-06)