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HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-02 Badges for Police Department PersonnelORDINANCE NO. 94-2 G AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 14-25 AND 14-29 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING BADGES FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 14-25 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "The chief of police may issue one official police officer's badge to each regular and reserve police officer. Neither the chief of police nor any other officer or employee of the City shall issue any official police officer's badge to any person riot a regular or reserve police officer. The chief of police may issue a civilian police department badge to the civilian employees and volunteers of the police department which identifies the employee's position as not a regular or reserve police officer." Section 2. Subsections (b) and (c) of Section 14-29 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: " (b) Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall have in his or her possession any other badge, star, shield, minature, ring, charm or insignia, regardless of the size, shape or design thereof, which has on it the words "police" or "detective" whether used separately, together or in combination with any other words indicating a connection with the police department, or which is identical in design or which resembles an official police officer's badge or civilian police department badge that it may be readily mistaken for such badge. (c) No person who is not a regular or reserve police officer or a civilian employee or volunteer of the police department shall wear 'or display any badge, star or insignia calculated to indicate that he or she is a member of or connected with the department of police of the city." 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 NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA 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 2 Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this o?o2 A4- day of , 1994. ATTEST: City C erk of the %ice►u+� •i.�-.. 3 Mayor of the CityGof Costa Mesa APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 94-2 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City da of �,��aua✓+ , 1994 , and thereafter Council held on the 7 Y a passed and adopted as a wpole at a regul _ r meeting of said City Council held on the _ day of _ 1994, by the following roll. call vole: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: G-En]ts-�umP+tREY fibR�3ucLJL�� 1�UFFF�) NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: M oNe ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: K)OA)C IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I.have hereuntoXt my hand and affixed the 1994. Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this da oz y of ,e.Q��iu _, Deputy C'ty Clerk and ex -o ficin Clerk of he City Council of the City of osta Mesa 4