HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-68-38 - 11/18/1968 - CREATE AUX POLICELOOZE & KINNE
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MCHENRY. ILLINOIS
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ORDINANCE
CREATING AN AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE
WHEREAS, the Seventy-fifth General Assembly of the
State of Illinois has enacted Senate Bill 20001, as an emergency
measure, recognizing that many municipalities lack sufficient
resources to employ as many full time police officers as may
be necessary to serve the law enforcement needs of the commun-
ity, and
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinoi
does have the need to develop an auxiliary police force to
supplement the protective services of said City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council
of the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, that Article
I, Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City of McHenry be,
and hereby is, amended as follows:
PARAGRAPH 10
SECTION 1: The Mayor is hereby authorized to appoint
twenty-five (25) auxiliary policemen as employees, subject to
the advice and consent of the City Council. Prior to appoint-
ment, all proposed auxiliary policemen shall be fingerprinted
and their fingerprints shall be checked with the Federal
Bureau of Identification, Washington, D.C., for any possible
criminal record. No person shall be appointed as an auxiliary
policeman if he has been convicted of a felony or other crime
involving moral turpitude. The appointment of any or all
auxiliary policemen may be terminated by the Mayor subject to
the advice and consent of the City Council.
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SECTION 2: Such auxiliary policemen shall not be
members of the regular police department of the City. Auxili
policemen need not be residents of the City. Identification
symbols worn by such auxiliary policemen shall be different anc�
distinct from those used by the regular police department and
shall be selected and chosen by the Chief of Police of the City.
Auxiliary policemen shall at all times during the performance
of their duties be subject to the direction and control of the
Chief of PolicE� of the City.
SECTION 3: Auxiliary policemen shall have the follo�-
ing powers and duties, when properly assigned and on duty:
a. to aid or direct traffic in the municipality;
b. to aid in control of natural or man made disasteids;
C. to aid in case of civil disorder;
d. to perform normal and regular police duties when
assigned by the Chief of Police on occasions when it is imprac-
ticable for members of the regular police department to perfo
normal and regular police duties;
e. to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or wit
process, all persons who break the peace, or are found viola -
Ling any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the state;
f. to commit arrested persons for examination;
g. if necessary, to detain arrested persons in
custody over night or Sunday in any safe place, or until they
can be brought. before the proper magistrate;
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h. to exercise all other powers as conservators of
the peace that: the corporate authorities may prescribe;
i. to serve and execute all warrants for the viola-
tion of municipal ordinances, or the state criminal law, within
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McHENRY. ILLINOIS
the limits of the City, and for this purpose to have all the
common law and statutory power of sheriffs.
SECTION 4: Auxiliary policemen shall not carry fire -I
arms except with the permission of the Chief of Police of the
City and then only when in uniform and in the performance of
their duties.
SECTION 5: Auxiliary policemen, prior to entering
upon any of their duties, shall receive a course of training
in the use of weapons and other police procedures by the Chief
of Police of the City. Such course of training shall be not
less than hours in duration. Upon completion of the
course of training, the Chief of Police shall file a certifi-
cate attesting to the auxiliary policeman's completion of said
course, with the City Clerk.
SECTION 6: Auxiliary policemen shall be paid at the
rate of $2.50 per hour for each hour of service performed,
provided such service is performed at the direction of the
Chief of Police.,
SECTION 7: That this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage and approval as
provided by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this 18th day of November, 1968.
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