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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 71- ~~ AN ORDINANCE ENACTING CHAPTER 140, ENTITLED PRIVATE POLICEMEN AND/OR_PRIVATE POLICEWOMEN, LICENSING OF PRIVATE POLICEMEN AND/OR PRIVATE POLICEWOMEN, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PRIVATE POLICEMEN AND/JR PRIVATE POLICEWOMEN. WHEREAS, Private Policemen and/or Private Policewomen within the Cfty of North Olmsted have not heretofore operated under any rules or regulations within the City ;and WHEREAS, due to the building of department stores employing Private Police- men and/or Private Policewomen within the City of North Olmsted thereby creating a need for rules and regulations governing Private Policemen and/or Private Police- women ;and WHEREAS, Council of the City of North Olmsted now wishes to establish rules and regulations governing the conduct of Private Policemen and/or Private Policewomen, the licensing of Private Policeman and/or Private Policewomen, and other necessary requirements for a Pri~rate Police Commission. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, State of Ohio Section 1. That Chapter 140 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted is hereby established and is entitled , "Private Policemen and/or Private Policewomen" . Chapter 140 Private Policemen and/or Private Policewomen Section 140.01 Authority To Issue Private Police Commissions The Director of Public Safety, in pursuance with Sections 737.05 of the Ohio Revised Code, is hereby authorized to commission Private Policemen and/or Private Policewomen not in the cla~s~- fied services of the City of North Olmsted, under such rules aid regulations as the Legislative authority of the City of North C11rt~sted shall grant. Said Private Police Commissions shall be valid only during the hours the Private Police are employed within the City of North Olmsted. Section 140.02 License Required (A) The Director of Public Safety upon being satisfied that the Applicant possesses. all the necessary requirements of this Chapter and upon payment of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) annual fee may issue a Private Police Commission. If said Applicant cannot establish, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Safety, that he has passed the basic course of Police Officer's Training, conducted by either the State, County or Municipal authority, the Private Police Commission shall be probationary and shall be so marked. Said commissions , probationary or regular, shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance. (B) The Director of Public Safety, upon being satisfied that the Applicant still possesses the necessary qualifications set forth herein, and fort-her that the Applicant during the preceding year has received a certificate , from the Executive Director of the Ohio Peace Officers Training Council, attesting that he or she has satisfactorily completed a basic course for police officer, as required by O.R. C. 109.77, may renew the Private Police Commission upon the expiration of the one (1) year period upon receiving the annual fee as set forth herein.