[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Russell Gardens 1-10-1983 as L.L. No. 1-1983. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
For the purpose of preserving and protecting the peace, preventing
crime, promoting the enforcement of the law and the detecting and
assisting in the arrest of offenders within the village and to preserve
and protect the life, liberty and property of its residents, the within
chapter of the Code of the Village of Russell Gardens is hereby adopted.
The Board of Trustees of the village is hereby empowered to
authorize, adopt and establish, by resolution, a Civil Defense Auxiliary
Police Force and to take such other and further action as may be deemed
necessary to effectuate and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
The Mayor, with the consent of the Board of Trustees, may enter
into contracts with other villages and municipalities for the establishment
of a consortium for the organization and operation of any such Civil
Defense Auxiliary Police Force.
The Board of Trustees may establish a Civil Defense Auxiliary
Police Commission and appoint a Commissioner therefor, either solely
under the authority of the village or together with such other villages
or municipalities with which the village may have contracted. Any
such Commission shall be empowered to direct, control and administer
the activities of the said Auxiliary Police Force to the extent permitted
by the laws of the State of New York.
Funding for the Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Force shall be
provided from the general fund of the village to such extent as authorized
by the Board of Trustees and as is necessary and reasonable to effectuate
the purposes of this chapter.
