The Commissioner in charge of the Police Department
shall appoint qualified applicants to the position of school traffic
guard, part-time. Appointments to such position shall be for the term
of one year, commencing September 1 in each year. Appointment to the
position of school traffic guard shall be upon the recommendation
of the Chief of Police.
[Amended 9-23-2008 by Ord. No. 08-09]
A.
To be eligible for appointment as a school traffic
guard, a person shall:
(1)
Be a citizen and resident of the State of New Jersey;
(2)
Be a citizen of the United States, of good moral character
and able to read and write the English language understandably;
(3)
Be in good health, sound in body and mind, and certified
by a physician, at their own expense, as being physically capable
of performing the required duties;
(4)
Be of good moral character; and
(5)
Not have been convicted of any criminal offense involving
moral turpitude.
B.
Applicants for such position or new appointees shall
present themselves for a period of preassignment training of such
nature and duration as the Chief of Police shall find necessary to
the performance of the required duties, during which period such appointees
or candidates for such position shall receive the hourly wage provided
for such persons during the training period.
School traffic guards shall maintain the orderly
movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic consistent with the safety
of children attending school in the Village.
School traffic guards shall adhere to and be
governed by all the rules and regulations laid down for the guidance
of the Police Department members, insofar as such rules and regulations
are applicable to and consistent with the special class of duty prescribed
for school traffic guards. Guards shall also comply with all other
applicable ordinances, rules and regulations adopted by the Board
of Commissioners.
School traffic guards shall not be a part of
nor in anywise be deemed members of the Police Department of the Village.
Guards shall have and exercise such limited police powers as may be
delegated to them by the Chief of Police.
[Amended 9-23-2008 by Ord. No. 08-09]
Each guard shall provide and wear a uniform
or such other equipment prescribed by the Chief of Police as he shall
find necessary and in the best interest of the Village.
The Commissioner in charge of the Police Department
shall have the authority to summarily dismiss any school traffic guard
for any reason he shall deem sufficient. The Chief of Police shall
have the authority to discipline, suspend and to recommend dismissal
of a guard whenever he finds it to be in the best interest of the
Village to do so.
