(a) Appointment of Members. The Mayor is hereby authorized to commission such number of men and women as in his discretion is necessary to supplement the regular police force, which group shall be known as the "auxiliary police force."
(b) Term of Service. Auxiliary police officers shall serve as long as the Chief of Police may direct, or until a resignation submitted by a member is accepted by the Chief of Police.
(c) Qualification of Members. The members of the auxiliary police unit may not be under the age of twenty-one years at the time of their appointment, and shall meet such other requirements as provided by rules and regulations provided for in subsection (e) hereof.
(d) Control of Unit. The Director of Public Safety shall be the executive officer of the auxiliary police unit. The Chief of Police shall be the commanding officer and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing and direction of work. The auxiliary police unit shall have only such police powers and shall perform only such police duties assigned by the Chief of Police in writing, such as writing certain parking tickets within the City, and shall act only when in prescribed uniform or portion of uniform. The Director of Public Safety shall prescribe the time and place such uniforms or portions thereof shall be worn. Such auxiliary members shall obey the chain of command of the Division of Police and shall take official police orders from all regular appointed members thereof.
(e) Rules and Regulations. The Director of Public Safety shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the organization, administration, conduct and control of the auxiliary police unit.
(f) Uniform. The Director of Public Safety is authorized to prescribe by rules and regulations the type of uniform or part thereof which shall be worn by members of the auxiliary police unit.
(g) Service on Voluntary Basis; Compensation.
(1) All services performed by auxiliary police officers shall be on a voluntary basis.
(2) Auxiliary police officers shall not be compensated for their services, except as otherwise authorized by Council for services in the municipal parks and for court appearances or as paid by private concerns for such services as traffic control and security.
(3) Auxiliary police officers shall not be entitled to any benefits or any relief or pension funds of the City or the State of Ohio, or any other similar benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any auxiliary police officer shall be entitled to any and all relief under Workers’ Compensation.
(ORC 4123.01 et seq.)
(h) Nonliability. This section is declared by Council as an exercise by the City of its police powers for the protection of the public peace, health, property, safety and general welfare. Neither the City, nor any agent or representative of the City, an officer appointed under the provisions of this section, or any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or the receiver, trustee, or any 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 persons or property as the direct or proximate result of such action. In addition to any other responsibilities or immunities, the members of the auxiliary police unit shall bear the same responsibilities and the same immunities as any other regularly employed member of the Division of Police, except as herein provided.
(Ord. 89-90. Passed 7-3-90.)