HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 279In the-City Council
City of Lodi
Lodi, California
ORDINANCE NO.
AR ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN AUXILIARY POLICE
FORCB AND PROYIDING PO3 ITS IJSE AbD COIjTROX.
The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as
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SectPon 1. AUXILIA-RP FOLICI.3 FCECE ESTABLISHED. An
auxiliary police force is hereby establ-ished, to be a volunteer
organizakion, composed of not to exceed ---_- LOO members, separate
and distinct from the Police Department of this City, but to be
headed by the Chief of Police,
Section 2. CKIEF' OF POLICh TO HA?% CONTROL. The Chief
of Police of this City shall have complete authority, control and
comiand, subject, of co:xrse, to the provisions of this ordinance,
over the Auxiliary Police Force.
thereof any persons he may deem to be qualified, and he may reject
any application for membership.
of candidates for membership, and. for the further training of
members.
He may appoint as members
He mag provide for the training
Section 3. KETROD OF HPPOINTMENT. No person shall be
deemed a member of the Auxiliary Police Force until he has been
registered as such in a roster to be kept by the Chief of Police,
and. until he has taken his oath that he will observe and obey the
Constitution of the United States, the Constitution or" this State,
and the laws of this Nation, this State and this City, and that
I , he will carry out the duties of a member of the Auxiliary Police
Force of this City to the best of his ability.
Section 4, DUTIXS. The duties of the Auxiliary Police
Force, subject at all times to the direction, supervision and
Eontrol of the Chief of Police, shall be to assist the regular
members of the Police aepartment of this City in the enforcement
of law and the maintenance of peace and order during the emergency
of war and great common peril,
rules and regulations to govern the Auxiliary Police Force, to fk
the specific duties of its members, and to provide for the main-
tenance of discipline. He may change such orders from time to
time, and he may command members of the auxiliary force to obey
the instructions of regular police officers in carrying out
their duties.
The Chief may by order establish
The Chief may prescribe other duties than those mentioned
herein to be performed by the Auxiliary Police Force, not inconsistent
with the provisions hereof ,
Section 5. IDENTIFICATION. An identification card and
such other insignia or evidence of identity as the Chief may
prescribe shall be issued to each member, who must carr,y the card
and other identification at all times while on duty, and he nust
surrender them upon the termination of his membership,
Sect ion 6. RET\';OVAL FRO&? XENBE2SIIIF - RESIGNATION.
The membership of any person may be terminated by the Chief of
Police at any time, and any member may resign from the Auxiliary
Police Force at any time, but it shall be his duty to notify the
Chief of his resignation,
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Section 7. CARFI?_'ING OF FIF?EARXS. No member of the
Auxiliary Police Force shall while on duty carry or use any fire-
arm except upon the express written order of the Chief of Police.
Section 8. BREAKING - E,NTERING, No member of the
Auxiliary Police Force shall break into or otherwise forcibly
enter upon any private property or enter the dwelling or habitation
I of another without the consent of the owner or occupant, except
when imiediately accompanied by a regular member of the police
Department of this City who then ahd there requests his aid in the
, enforcement of the law,
Section 9. PO;ivER OF AIYREST. A member of the Auxiliary
Police Force shall have the following powers of arrest and none
other:
1. He may arrest for a public offense committed in his
presence;
2. He may arrest a person who has in fact committed a felony,
although not in his presence;
When a felony has in fact been committed, he may make 3.
an arrest when he has reasonable cause for believing
the person arrested to have committed it,
Provided, however, that the Chief of Police may make it the duty
of any member of the Auxiliary Police Force to lend physical aid
to any regular member of the Police Department in making any lawf'ul
arrest.
Section 10. DIYJ1,NISHING TEB FORCE;. The Chief of Police
may by order diminish or expand the membership of the Auxiliary
Police Force as exigency mag require, within the limit hereinbefore
established.
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Section 11. SITME5AARY UISTILSSAL AXD PU3LICATION, In
addition to the penalties provided by law, any violation of law
under color of the performance of his d-uties as a member of the
Auxiliary Police Force, and any breach of the Rules and. Regula-
tions established by the Chief shall subject any member to
swary expulsion and the fact thereof may be published at the
ord-er of the Chief.
Section 12. FALSE PERSOXATION. It shall be a mis-
demenaor punishable by imprisonment for not to exceed six months,
or by a fine of not to exceed $5OO.OO, or both, for any person
to wear, carry or display an Auxiliary Eolice Force identification
card or insignia or otherwise deceitfully represent himself to
be connected with that Force, unless he is in fact a member
thereof.
Section 13. This ordinance is hereby declared to be
gn emergency measure necessary for the imediate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety and shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and publication as required
by law. The following is a.specific statement showing the urgency
of this ordinance.
The United States is at war and this City is in great
and continuing danger of attack by the enemy.
war and the imminence of great public peril have thrown unprecedeated
burdens upon the regular employees of this City,
such as to admit of no delay in providing additional support and
aid, voluntarily offered by hundreds of citizens, in the maintenance
of public safety.
The exigencies of
The danger is
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Apr\roved this 20th day of Iklay, 19@
Mayor of the City of Lodi
.I, J. 3'. n?A'KEIY, City Clerk of the City of Lodi
do h.erebg ces-tif,y that the foreyoin? Ordinance
No. 279 was reylarly introd-uced at a iveeting of
the City Counci.S of the City of Lodi held hlay 6,.
1914.2 and thereafter on the ,20th day of April, 1942,
finallp ~nassed, adopted and ord-ered. to print by
the f'ol.llo~v~.n~~ vote:
nms : Covncllmen, Rinn, Go?"f.eld, Riy;~, vleihe and Bull
WO~S : C ounc i I.men, l\loEe 1
ARSEVT: Councilmen, hone
I Pixrthermore cer'ci fv that said Ord? name was
annroT-ed an8 simed hv the P'a-ror on the date
of its adortion.
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