Chapter 2.48
SPECIAL POLICE

Sections:

2.48.010    Appointments.

2.48.020    Qualifications.

2.48.030    Show of need.

2.48.040    Limitation of authority.

2.48.050    Insurance and indemnity agreement.

2.48.060    Termination of appointments.

2.48.070    Uniform.

2.48.080    Appointments under prior ordinance.

2.48.010 Appointments.

The chief of police may in his discretion appoint special policemen pursuant to the requirements, terms and conditions of this chapter and the charter of the city. All such appointments must be approved by the city council. (Ord. 284-74 § 1, 1974)

2.48.020 Qualifications.

A.    There shall be a criminal record check for each applicant for special policeman, and each such applicant must have as clear a criminal record check as required for entering regular police officers of the city.

B.    Each special policeman shall have at least one year law enforcement experience or its equivalent as may be approved by the chief of police.

C.    Each special policeman shall be at least twenty-one years of age. (Ord. 284-74 § 2, 1974)

2.48.030 Show of need.

Each special policeman applicant, or his employer, must show the need and necessity for the issuance of a special police commission. (Ord. 284-74 § 3, 1974)

2.48.040 Limitation of authority.

A special policeman appointed pursuant to this chapter shall have the same authority as regular police officers of the city which police authority shall be limited as follows:

A.    The territorial authority of such policeman shall be limited to the property on which the employer’s business is located and public streets adjacent thereto.

B.    The special policeman’s authority shall be limited to the assigned hours such policeman is employed for his employer.

C.    The above limitations of a special policeman’s police authority may only be extended to other times and places upon written authorization of the chief of police, or his designee. (Ord. 284-74 § 4, 1974)

2.48.050 Insurance and indemnity agreement.

A.    Insurance is required as follows:

1.    The employer of each such special policeman shall file with the city clerk the policy or policies of false arrest insurance, approved as to sufficiency by the city clerk, issued by an insurance company or companies authorized to do business in the state, providing indemnity for and protection to the city in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars for each person; one million dollars for each incident and one million dollars in the aggregate.

2.    Each such policy of insurance shall continue in the full amount thereof notwithstanding any recovery thereon and shall provide that the liability of the insurer shall not be affected by the insolvency or bankruptcy of the insured. The policy shall be for the benefit of any and all judgment creditors. Each insurance policy required hereunder shall extend for the period the special policeman maintains his status as such policeman and the insurer shall be obligated to give not less than ten days’ written notice to the city clerk in the event of any change or cancellation.

B.    Indemnity Agreement. In addition to the above insurance requirements, the employer for such special policeman shall file an agreement with the city clerk saving the city harmless from all claims, actions or damages of every kind and description which may accrue to be suffered by any person by reason of the improper performance of the duties of the special policeman. (Ord. 284-74 § 5, 1974)

2.48.060 Termination of appointments.

A.    Appointments as special policeman shall be of no force or effect:

1.    Upon and after conviction of the appointee of any felony or offense involving moral turpitude;

2.    The cessation of the performance of actual police service by the appointee;

3.    Upon and after revocation of appointment by the chief of police for failure to abide by the requirements of the city charter or this chapter, the failure to perform faithfully the duties of his employment, or for any cause deemed sufficient by the chief of police in his discretion;

4.    After the expiration of one year from the date of the appointment or any renewal thereof.

B.    The chief of police shall in writing notify the special policeman of the voiding or invalidating of his appointment, but his failure to so notify the appointee, or of the appointee to receive the notification shall have no effect on the voiding or invalidating of the appointment.

C.    Any appointment about to expire by reason of lapse of time may be renewed by the chief of police; provided, that the appointee shall make application therefor to the chief prior to such expiration and upon showing to the satisfaction of the chief that the appointee is and will be actually engaged in special police service in the city and that he has performed his duties as a special policeman satisfactorily. (Ord. 284-74 § 6, 1974)

2.48.070 Uniform.

Any person appointed as a special policeman under the provisions of this chapter may, at his election, wear a uniform upon receiving the consent and approval of the chief of police thereto, but no uniform so worn shall be so similar to any uniform worn by a regular policeman as to be confusing or misleading, and no uniform shall be worn by any special policeman except such as is approved by the chief of police as to style, color and material. (Ord. 284-74 § 7, 1974)

2.48.080 Appointments under prior ordinance.

All appointments of special policeman heretofore made under the provisions of any prior ordinance of the city shall be and become void and of no effect as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. (Ord. 284-74 § 8, 1974)