(a) Appointment of Members. There is hereby created within the Police Department an Auxiliary Police Unit to consist of not more than thirty persons, the members of which shall be appointed by the Mayor.
(Ord. 1983-143. Passed 12-15-83.)
(b) Term of Service. Auxiliary police officers shall serve as long as the Mayor may direct, or until a resignation submitted by such a member is accepted by the Mayor.
(c) Qualification of Members. The members of the Auxiliary Police Unit may not be under the age of twenty-one years at the time of their appointment. They shall meet such other requirements as provided by the rules and regulations provided for in subsection (e) hereof.
(d) Control of Unit. The Mayor shall be the executive officer of the Auxiliary Police Unit. The Chief of Police shall be the commanding officer and shall have control of the assignment, training and stationing of the officers and the direction of work. The Auxiliary Police Unit shall have only such police powers and shall perform only such police duties as assigned by the Chief of Police and shall act only when in the prescribed uniform or portion of uniform. The Chief of Police shall prescribe the time and place such uniforms or portions thereof shall be worn. Such Auxiliary members shall obey the chain of command of the Police Department and shall take orders from all regularly appointed members thereof.
(e) Rules and Regulations. The Chief of Police shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the organization, administration, conduct and control of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(f) Uniform. The Chief of Police is authorized to prescribe by rules and regulations the type of uniform or part thereof which shall be worn by members of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(g) Service on Voluntary Basis; Compensation.
(1) All services performed by Auxiliary police officers shall be on a voluntary basis.
(2) Auxiliary policemen shall not be compensated for their services.
(3) Auxiliary policemen shall not be entitled to any benefits of any relief or pension funds of the City or the State or any other similar benefit.
(h) Nonliability. This chapter is declared by Council to be an exercise by the City of its police powers for the protection of the public peace, health, property, safety and general welfare. Neither the City, or agent or representative of the City, an officer appointed under the provisions of this chapter, or any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or the receiver, trustee or any agent thereof, who in good faith executes any executive order, rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable for injury or damage sustained to person or property as the direct and proximate result of such action. In addition to any other responsibilities or immunities, the members of the Auxiliary Police Unit shall bear the same responsibilities and the same immunities as any other regularly employed member of the Police Department, except as herein provided.
(Ord. 1972-98. Passed 5-18-72.)