(a) There is hereby established within the Plain City Police Department an Auxiliary Police Unit.
(b) The Auxiliary Police Unit shall be governed in accordance with Ohio R.C. 737.161, and shall operate in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the United States and the State of Ohio, and in accordance with the ordinances of the Village of Plain City.
(c) No person shall be appointed as a member of the Auxiliary Police Unit unless such person has previously been awarded, or is in the process of obtaining, a certificate by the Executive Director of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of an approved State, County, Municipal or Department of Natural Resources Peace Officer Basic Training Program as provided in Ohio R.C. 109.77.
(d) The Chief of Police shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transferring of all auxiliary police officers and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing and the direction of the work of such unit. Members of the Auxiliary Police Unit who have obtained the certificate specified in subsection (c) hereof shall have all police powers, but shall perform only such police duties as are assigned by the Chief of Police. All auxiliary members shall obey the chain of command of the Plain City Police Department and shall take orders from all full-time or part-time members thereof. (Ord. 32-91. Passed 9-9-91.)
(e) The Chief of Police shall prescribe general rules and regulations for the organization, training, administration, control and conduct of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(Ord. 13-2021. Passed 6-14-21.)
(f) All services rendered and performed by members of the Auxiliary Police Unit shall be on a voluntary basis. Members of the Auxiliary Police Unit shall be paid one dollar ($1.00) annually. Members of the Auxiliary Police Unit shall not be eligible for any employee benefits, including but not limited to those set forth in Ordinance 8-B-80, as amended, nor shall such members be eligible for membership in the Police Relief and Pension Fund under Ohio R.C. 741.31 to 741.54.
(g) This section is declared by the Council to be an exercise by the Village of its police powers for the protection of the public peace, health, property, safety and general welfare, and neither the Village nor agent or representative of the Village, any officer appointed under the provisions of this section, or any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or the receiver or trustees or any other agent thereof, who in good faith executes any executive order, rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be liable for injury or damage sustained to person or property as the direct or proximate result of such action, unless otherwise provided by paramount law. (Ord. 32-91. Passed 9-9-91.)