HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-06 Reserve Police OfficersORDINANCE NO. 90-6
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER III OF
TITLE 14 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa,
California, does hereby find and declare as follows:
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Police Department desires to elevate
certain Costa Mesa Level I reserve police officers to full peace
officer status; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Municipal Code in its present form
provides for full peace officer status designation to those
reserve officers who were issued Level I certificates prior to
January 1, 1981, but does not provide for full peace officer
status for those reserve officers who completed the necessary
training after that date; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to Title 14 of the Costa mesa
Municipal Code will correct such omission; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to this ordinance is necessary to
promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Costa Mesa.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
herewith amends Title 14, Chapter III, Section 14-50.1(a) of the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code:
Section 2: Title 14, Chapter III, Section 14-50(a) of the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 14-50.1 Level I reserve officers qualified to perform
general law enforcement duties.
"(a) All reserve police officers who are issued a peace
officer's stands and training level I reserve officer certificate
before January 1, 1981, or reserve officers appointed pursuant to
Penal Code Section 830.6(a)(2) and who have completed the Basic
Course prescribed by the'Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training (POST) for regular peace officers, may be designated
to possess the full powers of a peace officer as provided by
Penal Code Section 830.1, by the City Manager on recommendation
of the Chief of Police, who has determined such reserve officer
qualified to perform general law enforcement duties by reason of
the reserve officer's training and experience."
Section 3. Publication
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before
the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be
published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of
general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa
Mesa, or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be
published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the
text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City
Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this
Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City
Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and
shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of
this Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1990
Mayor of the Citrlu of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
AP OVED AS TO FORM:
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rk of the City of osta Uvlesa City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 90-6 was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the day of , 1990, and
thereafter passed and adopted as who at, a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the Z_�A day of 19901,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
I
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this a, -'"O -day of ,
1990.
- Ci y Clerk and ex -officio Cle of
=- the City Council of the City f
Costa Mesa