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(a) Any person, excluding elected officials, policemen, firemen or other employees of the City, furnishing information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons committing any crime in, at or upon any real or personal property devoted to public use in the City, may apply for a reward for such information, which reward may be paid by the City in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) Each person desiring to apply for a reward under division (a) of this section shall submit his or her request in writing to the Director of Finance, stating the information furnished and asserting the reasons upon which the applicant relies for the granting of a reward. The Mayor, the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Finance shall constitute a Board of three persons to determine the merits of all requests for reward based upon the application and a hearing if the same is deemed necessary. A majority vote of the Board shall determine if a reward shall be granted, to whom and the amount thereof. The decision of the Board shall be final.
(Ord. 1965-45. Passed 6-7-65.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 606.29, based on Ordinance No. 1972-1, passed January 1, 1972, was repealed as part of the 2002 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because assaulting a law enforcement officer or a firefighter is a felony offense. See Ohio R.C. 2903.13)
(a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) “Federal law enforcement officer.” An employee of the United States who serves in a position the duties of which are primarily the investigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses under the criminal laws of the United States.
(2) “Impersonate.” To act the part of, assume the identity of, wear the uniform or any part of the uniform of, or display the identification of a particular person or of a member of a class of persons with purpose to make another person believe that the actor is that particular person or is a member of that class of persons.
(3) “Investigator of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.” Has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2903.11.
(4) “Peace officer.” A Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Marshal, Deputy Marshal, member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation or township constable, who is employed by a political subdivision of this state; a member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under R.C. § 3735.31(D); a member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under R.C. § 306.35(Y); a state university law enforcement officer appointed under R.C. § 3345.04; a veterans' home police officer appointed under R.C. § 5907.02; a special police officer employed by a port authority under R.C. § 4582.04 or § 4582.28; an officer, agent or employee of the state or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions, upon whom, by statute, a duty to conserve the peace or to enforce all or certain laws is imposed and the authority to arrest violators is conferred, within limits of that statutory duty and authority; or a State Highway Patrol trooper whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, to protect life and property and to enforce the laws, ordinances or rules of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
(5) “Private police officer.” Any security guard, special police officer, private detective, or other person who is privately employed in a police capacity.
(b) No person shall impersonate a peace officer, private police officer, investigator of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, or Federal law enforcement officer.
(c) No person, by impersonating a peace officer, private police officer, investigator of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, or Federal law enforcement officer, shall arrest or detain any person, search any person, or search the property of any person.
(d) No person, with purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of an offense, shall impersonate a peace officer, private police officer, Federal law enforcement officer, an officer, agent or employee of the Municipality or the State, or investigator of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.
(e) No person shall commit a felony while impersonating a peace officer, private police officer, Federal law enforcement officer, an officer, agent or employee of the Municipality or of the State, or investigator of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.
(f) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (b) of this section that the impersonation of the peace officer, private police officer, Federal law enforcement officer, an officer, agent or employee of the Municipality or of the State, or investigator of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation was for a lawful purpose.
(g) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Whoever violates division (c) or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the purpose of a violation of division (d) of this section is to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony, a violation of division (d) is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law. Whoever violates division (e) of this section is guilty of a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2921.51)
(a) No person who is not entitled to do so shall knowingly display on a motor vehicle the emblem of a law enforcement agency or an organization of law enforcement officers.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of the unlawful display of the emblem of a law enforcement agency or an organization of law enforcement officers, a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 2913.441)
(a) No person shall knowingly or negligently fail to pay a fine and/or court costs imposed by the Mayor's Court where additional time has been given to pay such fine and/or court costs.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to pay a fine and/or court costs after time has been given, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-59. Passed 11-28-81.)
(a) Any cost incurred by a hospital or other emergency facility in conducting a medical examination of a victim of an offense under Ohio R.C. 2907.02 to 2907.06 or 2907.12 for the purpose of gathering physical evidence for a possible prosecution shall be charged to and paid by the City as follows: Costs incurred by a municipal or private facility shall be paid by the City when the alleged offense takes place within the City.
(b) If separate counts of an offense or separate offenses under Ohio R.C. 2907.02 to 2907.06 or 2907.12 take place in other municipalities or unincorporated areas as well as in the City, the City shall share the costs of the examination with the other local governments.
(Ord. 1976-66. Passed 9-27-76.)
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