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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-07 08-10 CCO CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the I I --10th-- of__ Auguat 1987 at_, �:30 P.m. at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider the deletion of an ordinance no longer used. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please contact the Personnel Coordinator at 561 -5440 to make arrangements. ORDINANCE NO. 87 _07 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS 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 POLICE OFFICERS] [Section 23 701. APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. Whenever, in the judgment of the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, it shall be necessary or desirable to increase the police force of the City temporarily, the City Council is empowered to appoint "Special Police Officers The appointment shall designate the time for which the services are to be rendered and the place. The person appointed shall accept such appointment in writing and shall take 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 any time.] [Section 23 702. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. Persons appointed special police officers have authority to serve, process and make arrests and do all acts authorized by law to preserve the public peace and order that other policemen in the City have and their duties and obligations in that regard shall be the same. It shall be unlawful for any such person to wear at any public gathering, or upon any public street or highway, or in any public place whether on or off duty a uniform or cap of the same color or appearance as that used by the regular police officers of the City of Brooklyn Center.] [Section 23 703. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER BADGE AND GUN. A special police officer appointed pursuant to this ordinance may wear a special police officer badge or emblem during the time and in the areas for which the appointment is made, said badge to be furnished by i ORDINANCE NO. 87 -07 -2- the City of Brooklyn Center upon payment of the sum of $10, $5 of which shall be returned to the person upon the termination of such appointment. No special police officer shall wear a gun or be otherwise armed unless such authority is included in the appointment, and such gun may be worn only during the time and in the areas for which the appointment is made. It shall be unlawful for any special police officer to wear or exhibit his badge or to wear a gun except as provided herein.] [Section 23 -704. AUTHORITY RESTRICTION. It shall be unlawful for any person commissioned as a special police officer to exercise any police authority or act as a policeman except in the place or places designated in his appointment and for such period as his appointment shall be in force.] [Section 23 -705. BOND REQUIRED. Every person appointed as a special police officer shall file with the City Clerk a corporate surety bond in the amount of $1,000 upon a form prescribed by the City at the time of filing his oath of office and written acceptance of his appointment. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of 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 officers shall submit to all reasonable regulations and requirements of the City of Brooklyn Center Police Department as the same shall relate to identification, photographing and fingerprinting.] [Section 23 -707. TERMINATION 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 or enforcing the law on the premises of the other's place of business, the person requesting 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 accrue 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 section 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 prosecution.] i ORDINANCE NO. 87 -07 -3- SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication. Adopted this 10th day of_____Auclust 1987. Dean Nyquist or ATTEST:_ Darlene Weeks, Clerk Date of Publication__ July _23,_1987 Effective Date August 22 1987_ (Underline indicates new matter, brackets indicate matter to be deleted.) I I l I'