(a) Each community service officer shall be appointed by the city manager and shall be issued a badge plainly designating his office. He shall be sworn in as a special police officer of the city and may operate authorized emergency vehicles of the police department of the city; provided, however, that a community service officer is not otherwise to be a member of the police department of the city.
(b) Each community service officer shall keep his badge in his possession and shall wear an insignia plainly designating his office while engaged in the discharge of his duties.
(c) Each community service officer is charged with the duty of enforcing all laws of the city and of the state applicable to bicycles and bicyclists and to enforce all traffic laws of the city and of the state applicable to traffic within bicycle lanes and bicycle paths.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to resist or interfere with a community service officer in the discharge of his duties.
(Ord. 2690 § 2, 1972)