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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
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)
Auxiliary police officers, prior to entering upon any of their duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of weapons and other police procedures by the Chief of Police or his or her designated representative. Such course of training shall not be less than 20 hours in duration. Upon completion of the course of training, the Chief of Police shall file a certificate attesting to the auxiliary police officer’s completion of said course, with the City Clerk.
(1975 Code, § 30.13)
POLICE DEPARTMENT
There is hereby established a department of the municipal government of the city, which shall be known as the Police Department. It shall embrace the City Council Standing Committee on Public Safety, one Chief of Police and such other regular patrolmen as the City Council may hereafter from time to time provide for, and also such special police officers as the Mayor, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may appoint and commission.
(1975 Code, § 30.20)
(A) The City Council Standing Committee on Public Safety shall exercise a general supervision over the affairs of the Police Department.
(B) It shall ascertain the condition and needs thereof; shall, from time to time, report the same to the Mayor and City Council so that a full understanding thereof shall be had; and, generally shall do all acts necessary to promote the efficiency of the Department.
(1975 Code, § 30.21)
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