HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-1540 AIRPORT SECURITY GUARDS--MEMBERS AS PEACE OFFICERS--HOURS AND DUTIES. ORDINANCE NO. /61/0
AN ORDINANCE relating to administration and personnel; specifying the _
duties of airport security guard and authorizing the per-
formance of such duties; adding Section 1.18.111 as a new
section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declar
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ing an emergency.
' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA :
Section 1. Section 1.18.111 is hereby added as a new section of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows:
"1.18.111 Air.ort Securit Guards--Members as Peace
Officers--Powers and Duties.
A. The position of airport security guard is hereby
created. Airport security guards shall be under the direc-
tion of the Yakima Airport Manager.
B. Airport security guards, duly sworn in the same
manner as are peace officers, shall have the power and
duty to inspect emplaning passengers at the Yakima Air
Terminal building as required by applicable laws, rules
and regulations, and shall enforce laws and ordinances
pertaining to the safety of persons and the security of
property within the confines of the Yakima Airport. For
that purpose, airport security guards are hereby vested
with authority to carry out the duties specified by this
section, including the authority to arrest with or without
a warrant, in the same manner provided for other peace
officers for violations of laws and ordinances related
to the safety of persons and the security of property at
the Yakima Air Terminal."
Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare
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 provided by
law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved thisda.K>day
of , , 1973.
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Mayor
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