§ 4-502. Emergency and Special Police.

(1)

Emergency Police:

(a)

In case of riot, general conflagration, flood or similar grave emergency, the Mayor may authorize the Superintendent to appoint emergency police. Such appointments shall be for a period of not more than thirty days and may be extended for like periods only by the express authorization of the Mayor and two-thirds vote of the Council.

(b)

Emergency police shall have such powers as may be vested in them by the Superintendent; shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the regular police force; and shall receive compensation at the regular rates for the grades to which appointed.

(2)

Special Police:

(a)

The Superintendent may, in the manner prescribed by ordinance and subject to standards set by the Superintendent in regulations, deputize persons not members of the police force to exercise limited police powers. When exercising such powers with respect to privately owned property or places, a person so deputized shall not be paid from public funds and shall not be entitled to public employee benefits for such services. Regular City employees exercising such powers with respect to public property or places shall be entitled only to the compensation and benefits attached to their regular employment.

(b)

The Superintendent shall prescribe the rules and regulations governing the exercise of police power by persons so deputized and may suspend or cancel the deputization in the superintendent's discretion.

(3)

The Superintendent shall not appoint or deputize any person who is not of good moral character to exercise police functions under this section.