HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0399 (2)ORDINANCE NO. 399
AN ORDINANCE OF THE INCOR.
PORATED CITY OF LYN17VOOD
CREATING SPECIAL POLICE OF-
FICERS AND THEIR REGULA-
TIONS AND PROVIDING A PEN-
ALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THE ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES OR-
DAIN AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1.
That there is hereby created in
the City of Lyuivrood, California,
Special Police Officers.
SECTION II
The duties of Special Police O1-
ficels shall be as follows
To act as emergency police, as
night watchmen; private pour'
Patrols; as police investigators, as
shall be. designated by the appoint-
ing authority Every such special
Police officer shall be limited in
his authurtty and dut,., iu i
corporate limits of the city of Lvu-
wood; and to Snch specific duties
or activities as shall be designat-
ed by the chief of police of such
city in making such appointment.
SECTION III
No Special Police Offieer shah
engage in anv special pollee acts
ivity until and unless he shall
have been awarded a badge, and
shall wear and display the
at all times during his activity as
such officer
SECTION IV
All applications by persons for
appointment for the office of
Special Pclice shall be node in
writing to the chief of police in
said cit, and shall confarni in all
recPects to such legulatlous as
the chief 01 police of said city may
P from tinm to time.
SFCTION V
Upon being satisfied that there
is a need therefore and that the
appointment is satficiently goali-
dell, the Chief Of Police In,i,, al'
➢Dint any person who Is a citi'z,•c
of the United States and who is
over the age of twenty -one years
Special Police Officer nt the ',,
Of Lynwood. The appointee shall
then appear before the city clerk
and take the oath of office and de-
posit with the clerk the sum of
Four ($d 00) Dollars, to curer the
,.cpense of the badge bearing a
serial number
%11 Special Police badges are to
be issued by and let rnc,l L
chief of police of said city Upon
the surrender of a Special Police
badge the chief of police shall ro-
ceipt therefore and request the
City Clerk to refund the depoait
SECTION VI
All Special Police badges ;ore to
b ^;n' it serial number.
It is hereby ordahied to he .;n-
lar: ful for any person other than
the parson designated to wen, or
display a Special Police badge
other than the particular badee he
S_1,di to such officer
SECTION VII
It is berebv ordained to b- u-
lawful for anv person tit the cih
Of Lynwood to wear or dewdav any
Police badge not spPeificalh, is, ed
to such person.
It is further ordained to he un-
lawful for any persmi to coutinraa
to possess or to with -hold, or cause
to be with -held anv police badge
of the City of Lynwood, after the
snug has been recalled or with -
held by the chief of police Of uha
city of Lynubood.
- SECTION VIII
Plvery person having it
badge issued to them as aforesaid
by the city of Lynwood shall love
the chief of police fnl1v ad•, Of
tli ^inpresent address aml telephol,
nnmher
SECTION iC
'Clue chief of police shall have
the iicht to recall anv Sjw i.il Po-
lice badge at any time, with or
without cause and each and every
special police officer shall within
twenty -four hours after notice of
recall, surrender such badge to the
chief of police of said city
SECTION X
It is further ordained that no
S Police badge shall be is.
sand. kept or retained by any per-
son for a longer period than one
year.
SECTION XI
It is further ordained that Special
Police officers are in all respects
doing voluntary service as far as
the City of Lvnwood Is concerned
and are in no -wise employees of
the city of Lynwood.
SECTION XII
It is further ordained that
Special Police of the city of Lyn-
wood shall only have and exer-
cise such authority as is granted
to them by the chief of police of
said city, and that the activities
of such officers shall be limited
to the authority of their appoint-
ment.
SECTION XIII
Every person convicted of vio-
lation of this ordinance may be
sentenced by the Judge of the city
court of said city of Lynwood, to
pay a fine not exceeding one Hun-
dred ($10000) Dollars, or impri-
sonment in the tail of the said
city of Lvnwood, for a period not
to exceed fifty days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION XIY
The City Clerk is berrbv direct-
ed to Publish this ordinance one
issue in the Lynwood Press, after
the Ordinaries is finally passed
and adopted.
PASSED AND \DOPTI'D this let
day of August 1944, at the regular
meeting of the City Council of the
city of Lynwood.
A. J. WIGGINS,
Mayor, Citv of Lvnwood.
ATTEST
It. W ANDERSON,
l`ity Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES as
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of
the City of Lynwood, .California,
do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the City Council of said
City at a regular meeting thereof
held in the City Hall of said City,
on the 1st day of August, 1944
and passed by the following vote -
Ayes: Councilmen. Looney, Shrock
Meyer, Tucker and Wiggins.
Noes Councilmen. None.
Absent Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
R. W ANDERSON,
City Clerk, City of Lynwood.
Pub August 4, 1944.