[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Crisfield 1-14-1981
as Ord. No. 349. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established, in and for the city, school crossing guards.
A.
The Chief of Police shall have the authority and is hereby
authorized to appoint persons to be known as "school crossing guards" and
to increase this number as he shall find necessary in the best interests of
the city, at the direction of the Mayor.
B.
Application blanks. The Chief of Police shall make available
application blanks designed to require the information necessary to a determination
of eligibility for appointment as a guard under this chapter.
To be eligible for appointment to the school crossing guard, a person
shall be:
Each appointee to the school crossing guard shall be sworn to faithful
performance of the required duties.
The Chief of Police shall conduct, and guard appointees shall present
themselves for, a period of preassignment formal training of such intensity
and duration as the Chief of Police shall find necessary to the performance
of the required duties.
The Chief of Police, at the direction of the Mayor, shall have the authority
to assign guards to such localities as shall be best suited to afford protection
to those attending school.
Guards shall perform their duties during the hours as assigned by the
Chief of Police, at the direction of the Mayor.
A.
Guards shall maintain the orderly movement of pedestrian
and vehicular traffic consistent with the safety of children attending school
in the city.
B.
Supervision. The Chief of Police shall familiarize each
guard with the duties to be performed, and the Mayor shall be the sole supervisor
of the duties of guards.
Guards shall not be a part of, nor affiliated or connected in an official
capacity with, the City Police Department. Guards shall have and exercise
such limited police powers as may be specifically delegated to them by the
Chief of Police. Guards shall not be subject to or acquire any rights under
the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article 27, §§ 727 through
734D, of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
The Chief of Police shall, at the expense of the city, supply each guard
with a suitable identification badge and uniform and such other equipment
or supplies as he shall find necessary in the best interests of the city.
Guards shall be paid by the city at the hourly rate of the federal minimum
wage.
The Mayor shall have the authority to dismiss guards when he finds such
dismissal to be in the best interests of the city. Vacancies shall be filled
in the manner of original appointments.