101-02 Create POPAS (Police on Patrol Arresting Speeders)

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PLACED ON iST READING & REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 3/18/02. PLACED ON 2ND READING 4/1/02. ORDINANCE NO. lOl-O2 BY: Corrigan, Dunn, FitzGerald, George~ AN ORDINANCE creating a Police on Patrol Arresting Speeders (P.O.P.A.S.) Project in the City of Lakewood Division of Police and establishing a special revenue fund for the payment of expenses associates with the program and other approved law enforcement expenses. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood, with a population of more than 56,000 residents in 5.6 square miles, is the most densely populated city between Chicago and New York City; and WHEREAS, the Administration and Council hold the safety of its residents and visitors as a paramount concern; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood's Division of Police presently provide for public safety with exceptional traffic, pedestrian, business and residential patrols and manpower; and WHEREAS, additional police presence would increase the ability of the C~y of LakewOod's Division of Police to ensure public safety and to further address the enforcement of traffic laws which directly relate to safety issues; and WHEREAS, this Administration and City Council reaffirms their support of continuing efforts by the Division of Police to provide diligent enforcement of traffic laws, improve police response and offer a greater police presence. Now therefore, BE l'r ORDA[NED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Chief of Police is hereby directed and authorized to create a special project in the Division of Police designated as the Police on Patrol Arresting Speeders (P.O.P.A.S) ProJect to enforce Section 333.03 of the Codified Ordinances of the C~y of.Lakewood, specifically, and any.other City or State law generally. The Chief shall assign to this project police officers who are willing to work additional hours prior to the start of the officer's shift, at the end of the officer's shift, or on the officer's days off, to patrol residential and other streets in the City of Lakewood primarily for the purpose of enforcing traffic laws and deterring violations of traffic laws which relate to Section 2. That there is hereby established a separate Special Revenue Fund for the Police on Patrol Arresting Speeders (P.O.P.A.S.) project. The Director of Rnance is hereby directed to receive and pay into said fund all fines received by the City from the Lakewood Municipal Court as a result of the disposition of citations issued by police officers while on P.O.P.A.S. duty. Said funds so received into the separate fund may be used to pay the expense of operation of the P.O.P.A.$. ProJect, including personnel and equipment, and for any other law enforcement purposes as the Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety deem to be appropr'mte. Section 3. That this POPAS Project will be effect for twelve (12) months from the date it is initiated by the Chief of Police, which initiation date shall be determined after consultation and approval of the Director of Public Safety. If at the end of said time the project has succeeded in being self-sustaining, it may remain in effect until such time as it ceases to remain economically efficient or until such time as the Safety