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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the
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--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.
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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
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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.]
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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.)
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