Upon recommendation of the Chief of Police,
the City Administrator is hereby authorized to appoint sufficient
personnel to establish a School Patrol. Each such appointee shall
be of good character and of acceptable personality and shall be sworn
to faithful performance of duties.
The Chief of Police shall have authority to
assign such appointees to such localities as shall be best suited
to afford protection to those attending school, shall fix their hours
of service and shall familiarize each such appointee with the duties
to be performed, and he/she shall be sole supervisor of the duties
of each such appointee. Each such appointee shall be responsible to
the Chief of Police, and any such appointee may be removed from service
by the City Administrator when such removal is recommended by the
Chief of Police. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided
for original appointments.
The appointees herein chosen shall not be considered
to be members of the Saco Police Department.
The City Council shall fix the compensation
to be paid all such appointees and shall direct the manner of payment.
Each appointee shall, at the expense of the
City, be supplied with a suitable badge and such other equipment as
shall be prescribed by the Chief of Police.
Such appointees shall be known as "School Patrol"
and shall have the same powers in the matter of traffic control as
are now vested in members of the Saco Police Department and may order
into court any violator for the violation of the traffic rules and
regulations as now prescribed by the provisions of this Code or other
ordinances of the City of Saco and for the violation of any laws of
the State of Maine relating to traffic control.
