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EST~BLiSHI['~G AN AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE A]~ ?R0- "~......~
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The city council of the City of South San Francisco do ordain
as follows:
Section 1: Auxiliary police force established. An auxiliary
police force is hereby established, to be a volunteer organization,
composed of not to exceed one hundred (100) members, separate and
distinct from the police department of this city, but to be headed by
the chief of police°
Section 2: Chief of police to have control. The chief of
police of this city shall have complete authority, control and con, and,
subject to the provisions of this ordinance, over the auxiliary police
force° He may appoint as members thereof any persons whom he may deem
to be qualified, and he may reject any application for membership. He
may provide for the training of candidates for membership, and for the
further 'training of members.
Section 3: Method of appointment. ~'~o person shall be deemed a
member of the au::iliary police force until he has been registered as
such in a roster to be kept by the chief of police, aud until he has
taken his oath that he will observe and obey the co~stitution of the
United States, the constitution of this state, and the laws of this
nation, this state and this city, and that he will carry out the duties
of a member of the a~axiliary police foT~ce of this city to the best of
his ability.
Section 4: Duties. The duties of the auxiliary police force,
subject at all times to the direction, supervision and control of the
chief of police, shall be to assist the regtd[ar members of the police.
department of this city in the e:~forcement of law and the ~.uaintenance
of peace and order during the emerge~:cy of ',var and great co~.m~on peril.
The chief may by order establish rules and regulations to govern the
auxiliary police force, to fix 'the specific duties of its members, and
to provide for the maintenm~ce of disciplin~o He nmy chaiage such
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orders from time to time, and he may co~.~nuand members of the auxiliary
force to obey the instructions of regular police officers in carrying
out their duties. 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 idet~tification card and such
other insignia or evidence of idei~tity as the chief may prescribe shall
be issued to each member who must carry the cards and o ohe_~aei~ifica-
tion at all times ~vhile on duty, and he must surrender them upon the
termination of his membership.
_Section 6: Removal from ~uembership - resignation. The ~-~lember-
ship of any person may be terminated by the chief of police at any time,
and any member may resign from the au:~itiary police force at any time,
but it shall be his duty to notify the chief of his reo~natmon.
Section 7: Carryil~g of firearms. ['[o member of the auxiliary
police force shall while on duty carry or use any firearm except upon
the express writte~'~ order of the chief of police.
Section 8: Breaking - entering, i~,~o member of the auxiliary
police force shall break into or other~ise forcibly enter upon any
private property or enter a dwelling or habitation of another without
the consent of the owner or occupant, except when i~;~_modiately accompanied
by a regular member of the police department of this city, who then and
there requests his aid in the e~forcement of the law.
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cc,ion 9: Power of arrest. A member of the auxiliary police
force shall have the following pov~ers of arrest and none other:
1. He may arrest for a public offense coi~nuitted in
his presence;
2. He may arrest a person who has in ~ *
· ac~ committed
a felony, although not in his prese~ce;
3. When a felony has in fact beeu conn~aitted, he may
make an arrest when he has reasonable cause for believing the person
arrested to have core.mitred.it.
Provided, however, that the chief of police may i~,ake it the duty of any
member of the auxiliary police force to lend physical aid to any regular
member of the police depart~.'?.ent in making a~ly lawful arrest.
Section 10: Diminishing the force. The a~hief of police
may by order diminish or expand thc membership of the auxiliary
police force as emergency may require, within the limit hereinbefore
established.
Section 11: Summary dismissal and publication. In addition
to the penalties provided by the law, any violation of law under
color of the performance of his duties as a member of the auxiliary
police force, and any breach of the rules and regulations establish-
ed by the chief shall subject a~ay member to stu'~mary expulsion and
the fact thereo£ may be published at the order of the chief.
Section t~: ~a!se perso~ation. It shall be a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed three (~) months,
or by a fine not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars (~$00.00), or by both,
for any person to wear, carry or display an auxiliary police 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 15o This ordi~ance is hereby declared to be an emergency
measure n~essary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health and safety and the following is the statement of facts constitut-
ing such urgency: The United States is at war and this city is in great
and continuing danger of attack by the enemy. The exigencies of war and
the imminence of great public peril have thrown unprecedented burdens
upon the regular employees of this city. The danger is st~h as to admit
of no delay in providing add~itional support and aid~ voluntarily offered
by citizens, i~ the ~".'lai~tenance of public safety.
Section 14. The city clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
ordinance and cause it to be published once in "The Enterprise", a news-
paper of ge~er~! circulation printed and published in this city, and
henceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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Passed and adopted as an ordinance of t~he City of South San Fran-
cisco at a regular r~eeting of the city council of said city on the ~
day of ~arch, 19~E, by the following vote:
I~oe s, Count i!r~len
Absent, Counc il~en ~
~ayor of the City of South ~an ~'r~ucisco.
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