CHAPTER 34: PUBLIC SAFETY
Section
Civil Emergency
   34.001   Definitions
   34.002   Declaration of emergency
   34.003   Curfew
   34.004   Authority of Mayor to issue orders
   34.005   Effectiveness
   34.006   Notification
Auxiliary Police
   34.020   Appointment
   34.021   Not members of Police Department
   34.022   Powers and duties
   34.023   No firearms
   34.024   Training course
   34.025   Compensation
Police Department
   34.040   Department established
   34.041   Public Safety Committee
   34.042   Head of Department
   34.043   Appointment
   34.044   Salary
   34.045   Duties
   34.046   Mutual aid contract
   34.047   Appointment of patrolmen
   34.048   Shift work
   34.049   Special/part-time police officers
   34.050   Hiring standards
   34.051   Residency requirement
   34.052   Enforcement of laws
   34.053   Execute warrants
   34.054   Legal processes
   34.055   Assisting police officer
   34.056   Aiding Fire Department
   34.057   Failure to perform
   34.058   Aiding in escape
   34.059   Use of intoxicating liquor
Fire Department
   34.070   Established
   34.071   Membership
   34.072   Meetings
   34.073   Records
   34.074   Reports
   34.075   Inspections
   34.076   Assistant Chiefs
   34.077   Drills
   34.078   Duties
   34.079   Obedience to orders
   34.080   Supervision
   34.081   Command at fires
   34.082   Enforcement of ordinances
   34.083   Use of apparatus; injury
   34.084   Entering fire houses
   34.085   Equipment
   34.086   Removal of members of Fire Department
   34.087   Mutual aid agreements
   34.088   Fire calls outside city limits
   34.089   Residency requirement
 
   34.999   Penalty
CIVIL EMERGENCY
§ 34.001 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CIVIL EMERGENCY.
      (1)   A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual force or violence or any threat to use force if accompanied by immediate power to execute by three or more persons acting together without authority of law; or
      (2)   Any natural disaster or human-made calamity, including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the city, resulting in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
   CURFEW. A prohibition against any person or persons walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the city, excepting officials of any governmental unit and persons officially designated to duty with reference to the civil emergency.
(1975 Code, § 30.01)
§ 34.002 DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.
   Whenever an emergency as defined in § 34.001 exists, the Mayor shall declare the existence by means of a written declaration, setting forth the facts which constitute the emergency.
(1975 Code, § 30.02)
§ 34.003 CURFEW.
   After proclamation of a civil emergency, by the Mayor, he or she may order a general curfew applicable to such geographical areas of the city or to the city as a whole, as he or she deems advisable, and applicable during such hours of the day or night as he or she deems necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare.
(1975 Code, § 30.03)
§ 34.004 AUTHORITY OF MAYOR TO ISSUE ORDERS.
   After the proclamation of a civil emergency, the Mayor of the city may also, in the interest of public safety and welfare, make any or all of the following orders:
   (A)   Order the closing of all retail liquor stores, including taverns and private clubs or portions thereof wherein the consumption of intoxicating liquor and beer is permitted;
   (B)   Order the discontinuance of the sale of alcoholic liquor by any wholesaler or retailer;
   (C)   Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever;
   (D)   Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle; and/or
   (E)   Issue such other orders as are imminently necessary for the protection of life and property.
(1975 Code, § 30.04)
§ 34.005 EFFECTIVENESS.
   The proclamation herein authorized shall be effective for a period of 48 hours unless sooner terminated by a proclamation of the Mayor indicating that the civil emergency no longer exists. The Mayor shall have the power to reproclaim the existence of a civil emergency at the end of each 48-hour period during the time the civil emergency exists.
(1975 Code, § 30.05)
§ 34.006 NOTIFICATION.
   Upon issuing the proclamation herein authorized, the Chief of Police shall notify the news media situated within the city and shall cause three copies of the proclamation declaring the existence of the emergency to be posted at the following places within the city:
   (A)   City Hall;
   (B)   The police station; and
   (C)   The post office.
(1975 Code, § 30.06)
AUXILIARY POLICE
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