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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-1188 ORDINANCE NO. / / AN ORDINANCE relating to local government administration; creating a Department of Auxiliary Police and providing for its organization and administration; repealing existing Sec- tions of the City of Yakima Municipal Code providing for a Civil Defense Department and for special police com- missions; adding Section 1.48.050, Auxiliary Police Department, as a new section, and repealing Sections 1.18.190, 5.63.010, 5.63.020, 5.63.030, 5.63.040, 5.63.050, 5.63.060, 5.63.070 and 5.63.080, all of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 1.48.050 is hereby added as a new section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, which new section shall read as follows: "1.48.050 Auxiliary Police Department. A. Department Created. There is hereby created a 'Department of Auxiliary Police' to consist of such members as may be appointed from time to time by the Chief of Police. B. Duties and Authority. Members of the Auxiliary Police Department shall assist the Police Department in its duties as may be determined by the Chief of Police. No mem- ber of the Auxiliary Police Department shall have the • authority to arrest for the commission of any crime other than the authority of a private citizen unless otherwise commissioned by the Chief of Police who is hereby empowered to commission any such members with the authority of a duly commissioned peace officer to make arrests upon a showing to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police by an auxiliary offi- cer of his qualifications to be so commissioned and upon his giving of the oath of a peace officer before a judge or magistrate. C. Organization. The Auxiliary Police Department shall be organized and administered by the Chief of Police, or by an officer of the Police Department assigned by the Chief of Police to that function. Ranks of auxiliary police officers shall be designated, and appointments made thereto, as the Chief of Police deems necessary or advisable. D. Members. (1) Appointment. Members of the Auxiliary Police Department shall be appointed by the Chief of Police. No person shall be appointed as a member who has ever • been convicted of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, and no person shall be appointed as a member unless he is of good moral character and other- wise demonstrates attributes necessary to perform the duties of an auxiliary police officer, all as determined by the Chief of Police. (2) Tenure. A member's appointment to the Auxiliary Police Department may be revoked by the Chief of Police at any time it appears to him that such mem- ber is not satisfactorily performing his duties as an auxiliary police officer, or if such member otherwise conducts himself in a manner so that the Chief of Police determines that such appointment should be revoked. The • revocation of any member's appointment shall also revoke that member's commission to arrest as a peace officer. (3) Status of Members. No auxiliary police offi- cer shall be compensated for his duties as such, nor shall membership in the Auxiliary Police Department entitle any member to any relief or pension benefits under any plan administered under state statute. Appointments and revocation of appointments to member- ship in the Auxiliary Police Department, and promotions in rank, shall be made solely at the discretion of the Chief of Police and shall not be subject to approval or review by the Civil Service Commission. E. Rules and Regulations. (1) Badge and Insignia. The Chief of Police shall furnish a shield, hat badge, insignia of rank and shoulder patch, all of distinctive and uniform design, to auxiliary police officers, for which each officer shall deposit with the Chief the amount of $5.00. All such badges and insignia issued an officer shall be sur- . rendered to the Chief of Police on the termination of membership of that officer, and his deposit refunded. (2) Uniform. Every auxiliary police officer shall outfit himself with a uniform of a distinctive design approved by the Chief of Police, and every auxiliary police officer shall wear his uniform while on duty in the public view as an auxiliary police offi- cer. An auxiliary police officer shall not wear his uniform unless on duty. (3) Identification Card. The Chief of Police shall issue an identification card to each auxiliary police officer identifying that officer as a member of the Auxiliary Police Department of the City of Yakima, which card shall contain a facial photograph of the officer. Any officer whose membership in the Auxiliary Police Department is terminated shall immediately sur- render his identification card to the Chief of Police. (4) Firearms. An auxiliary police officer, while on duty in uniform, may carry a firearm at the discre- III of the Chief of Police only after such auxiliary officer has qualified in a firearms training course under the direction of the Chief of Police. (5) Administrative Rules and Regulations. The Chief of Police may adopt such rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this section as he deems necessary or convenient to organize and adminis- ter an Auxiliary Police Department and its functions." - 2 - , Section 2. Effective January 1, 1970, the following sections of the City of Yakima Municipal Code are hereby repealed in their entire- ty: Sections 1.18.190, 5.63.010, 5.63.020, 5.63.030, 5.63.040, , 5.63.050, 5.63.060, 5.63.070 and 5.63.080. 4 Section 3. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel- fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as pro- vided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 15th day of December, 1969. r Mayor ATTEST: • City Clerk • - 3 -