(a) Authority to Employ and Appoint. Council is hereby authorized to employ and appoint three special school zone police officers, pursuant to the terms and authority of West Virginia Code 8-14-5.
(b) Powers and Duties Generally; Supervision. Special police officers appointed pursuant to this article shall be vested with all the powers of regular police officers, shall be under the direct supervision of the Mayor and the Chief of Police to the same extent as regular police officers, and shall have the duty of controlling and directing traffic at the following designated locations in the vicinity of schools within the City:
(1) The crosswalk on Grand Central Avenue between Twenty-third Street and Twenty-fourth Street;
(2) The crosswalk on Grand Central Avenue at Forty-first Street; and,
(3) The crosswalk on Grand Central Avenue at Fifty-seventh Street;
(4) The crosswalk on Grand Central Avenue at Fifty-first Street.
(c) Display of Badge; Uniform; State Law Provisions. Special police officers appointed pursuant to this article shall be in uniform and display a badge or other sign of authority. Such officers shall not come within the Civil Service provisions of West Virginia Code 8-14-6 et seq. or pension and relief fund provisions of West Virginia Code 8-22-16 et seq.
(d) Qualifications, Training, etc.; Recommendations to Council. The Mayor and Chief of Police shall provide for the qualifications, testing and training as they deem necessary to secure capable and responsible persons to fill the positions of special school zone police officers and submit their recommendations to Council, as Council shall from time to time require.
(e) Filling Vacancies; Term, Salary, Bond and Discharge of Officers. Council shall have the right, from time to time, by resolution, to fill any vacancy in the membership of the special school zone police officers; to discharge any such officer appointed by it; to require the bond provided by West Virginia Code 8-14-5 and to increase or decrease the amount thereof; and to fix and change the terms and salaries of the officers.
(1965 Code §§16-6 to 16-10)