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Home My WebLink About1987-07 07-23 AP CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER BROOKLYN CENTER POST i Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 10th day of August, 1987 at 7:30 p.m, at the City Hall, Shingle Creek Parkway to AFFIDAVIT O F PUBLICATION consider er the deletion of an ordinance no longer used, j Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance, Please con. tact the Personnel Coordinator at 561 -5440 to make arrangements. ORDINNCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AM ENDING STATE OF MINNESOTA CHAPTER 23 REGARDING AP- SS. OFFICERS ENT of SPECIAL POLICE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN FFICERS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 23 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended by the repeal Of the following: [APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL POLICEOFFICERSI .•.,z.c! 5rr [Section 23 -701. APPOINTMENT Gary E. L'Herault, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is thelPirYik of the newspaper known as the BROOKLYN OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. CENTER POST, serving the CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER, and has full knowledge of the facts which are stated Whenever, in the judgment of the City below: Council of the City of Brooklyn Cen- ter, it shall be necessary or desirable (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as to increase the police force of the City provided by Minnesota Statue 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended. temporarily, the City Council is em- powered to, appoint "Special Police Officers." The appointment shall des- p agnate the time for which the services rinte• (B) The are to be rendered and the place. The 6 Person appointed shall accept such r c appointment in writing and shall take O a o an oath of office to be filed with the clerk. Any such appointment may be revoked with or Without cause and without notice by The City Council at anytime.] which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once a week, for [Section 23 -702. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. Per- sons appointed special police officers I l %tl c �l a U have authority to serve, process and successive weeks; it was first published on the day of make arrests and do all acts author- ized by law to preserve the public Peace and order that other policemen 4 19 and was thereafter printed and published on every in The City have and their duties and U u obligations in that regard shall be the ;same. it shall be unlawful for any to and including the day of 19 )such person to wear at any public and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as be- gathering, for .upon any :public streeta� ing the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice: or highway, or in any public place, -:z whether on or off duty a unffprm of';"`; abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz cap of the same, color or appearance as that used by the regular police of- ficers of the City of Brooklyn Center_ f [Section 23 -703. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER BADGE AND GUN. A special police officer appointed pur- O f suant to this ordinance may wear a f -t special police officer badge or BY: r emblem during the time and in appointment is the areas for which the a made, said badge to be furnished by the City of Brooklyn Center upon TITLE: payment of the sum of $10, $5 of which shall be returned to the person upon Subscribed and sworn to before me on the termination of such appointment. No special police officer shall wear a gun be otherwise armed unless S1 r 7 such authority is included in the ap- this day of 1- -t '19 L pointment, and such gun may be worn v only during the time and in the areas for which the appointment is made. It�s <L% i��- shall be unlawful for any special .police officer to wear or exhibit his Notary Public badge or to wear a gun except as provided herein.l4+i''Vbrlh y [Section 23 -704. AUTHORITY RESTRICTION. It shall be unlawful for any person commissioned as a special police officer to exercise any y Police authority or act as a policeman except in the place or places desig- nated in his appointment and for such period as his appointment shall be in X'✓'' vv force.] RATE INFORMATION [Section 23 -705. BOND RE- QUIRED. Every person appointed as a special police officer shall file with (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for com- The City Clerk a cor surety parablespace. (Line) bond in the amount of $1,000 upona form prescribed by the City at the l Sf time of filing his oath of office and (2) Maximum rate allowed ed by law for the above matter. written acceptance of his a (Line) ment. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the (3) Rate actually charged for the above matter. duties of the office of (Line) special police officer and upon compliance with all applicable laws and ordinances.] [Section 23 -706. REQUIREMENTS OF IDENTIFICATION. All applicants for appointment as special police of- ficers shall submit to all reasonable regulations and requirements of the City of Brooklyn Center Police De- partment as the same shall relate to identification, photographing and fingerprinting.] [Section 23 -7U7, ItKMINATION OF APPOINTMENT. Whenever the Purpose for the appointment as a special police officer ceases to exist, the holder of such appointment shall within ten (10) days surrender his badge to the Police Department of the City.) [Section 23.708. INSURANCE. Whenever a special police officer is appointed at the request of another to assist in patrolling w enforcing the law on the premises of the ;other's Place of business, the person re- questing that such appointment be made shall file an appropriate letter with the City agreeing to save the City harmless from any and all liability which may accure to it by reason of any acts or omissions of the person appointed, and the City may require evidence of insurance or in lieu .thereof evidence of financial ability to adequately protect the City. This sec. tion shall not be construed to impose any liability upon the City arising out of the appointment of any special Police officer.] [Section 23 -709. PENALTY. Any Person convicted for the violation of any of the provisions of Sections 23- 701 through 23 -708 may be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred dollars ($700) or imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or both, together with the costs of Prosecu- tion.] SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication. Adopted this—day of___,1987, Dean Nyquist, Mayor ATTEST: Darlene Weeks, Clerk' Date of Publication Effective Date (Underline indicates new matter, brackets indicate matter to be deleted.) (Published in The Brooklyn Center Post July 23,1987.)