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AUXILIARY POLICE
The Mayor is hereby authorized to appoint 25 auxiliary police officers as employees, subject to the advice and consent of the City Council. Prior to appointment, all proposed auxiliary police officers shall be fingerprinted and their fingerprints shall be checked with the Federal Bureau of Identification, Washington, D.C., for any possible criminal record. No person shall be appointed as an auxiliary police officer if he or she has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. The appointment of any or all auxiliary police officers may be terminated by the Mayor subject to the advice and consent of the City Council.
(1975 Code, § 30.08)
Such auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the regular Police Department of the city. Auxiliary police officers shall be residents of the city. Identification symbols worn by such auxiliary police officers shall be different and distinct from those used by the regular Police Department and shall be selected and chosen by the Chief of Police of the city. Auxiliary police officers shall, at all times, during the performance of their duties, be subject to the direction and control of the Chief of Police of the city.
(1975 Code, § 30.10)
Auxiliary police officers shall have the following powers and duties when properly assigned and on duty:
(A) To aid or direct traffic in this municipality;
(B) To aid in control of natural or human-made disasters;
(C) To aid in case of civil disorder;
(D) To perform normal and regular police duties when assigned by the Chief of Police on occasions when it is impracticable for members of the regular Police Department to perform normal and regular police duties;
(E) To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace, or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the state;
(F) To commit arrested persons for examination;
(G) If necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody overnight or Sunday in any safe place, or until they can be brought before the proper magistrate;
(H) To exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace that the corporate authorities may prescribe; and
(I) To serve and execute all warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances, or the state criminal law, within the limits of the city, and for this purpose, to have all the common law and statutory power of sheriffs.
(1975 Code, § 30.11)
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