(A) The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council, may appoint auxiliary police officers.
(B) Auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the regular Police Department of the city. Auxiliary police officers shall not supplement members of the regular Police Department of the city in the performance of their assigned and normal duties, except as otherwise provided in this article. Auxiliary police officers shall only be assigned to perform the following duties in the city: (1) to aid or direct traffic within the city; (2) to aid in control of natural or man made disasters; and (3) to aid in case of civil disorder as directed by the Chief of Police. When it is impractical for members of the regular Police Department to perform those normal and regular police duties, however, the Chief of Police of the regular Police Department may assign auxiliary police officers to perform those normal and regular police duties. Identification symbols worn by auxiliary police officers shall be different and distinct from those used by members of the regular Police Department. 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. Auxiliary police officers shall not carry firearms, except with the permission of the Chief of Police and while in uniform and in the performance of their duties. Auxiliary police officers, when on duty, shall also be conservators of the peace and shall have the powers specified in § 30-2-6.
(C) Auxiliary police officers, before entering upon any of their duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of weapons and other police procedures appropriate for the exercise of the powers conferred upon them under this article. The training and course of study shall be determined and provided by the City Council. The same residency requirements for regular police officers shall apply to auxiliary police officers. Before appointment of an auxiliary policeman, the person's fingerprints shall be taken, and no person shall be appointed as an auxiliary policeman if that person has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude.
(1993 Code, § 30-2-8) (Am. Ord. 979, passed 11-20-1995; Am. Ord. 1116, passed 10-18-1999)