(a) 
A certified police officer is allowed sick leave with pay accumulated at the rate of 1-1/4 full working days for each full month employed in a calendar year, so as to total fifteen (15) working days to an officer’s credit each twelve (12) months.
(b) 
A certified police officer may accumulate up to ninety (90) workdays of sick leave and may use the leave if unable to work because of bona fide illness.
(c) 
A certified police officer who leaves the department in good standing is entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment, the full amount of the officer’s salary for accumulated sick leave limited by the following criteria:
(1) 
The lump sum payment shall be computed by compensating the officer for the accumulated time at his/her current pay classification.
(2) 
The maximum number of days that may be accumulated for purposes of use as actual sick leave or computation of sick leave payment shall never exceed ninety (90) days.
(d) 
To facilitate the settlement of the accounts of deceased police officers, all unpaid compensation, including all accumulated sick leave, due at the time of death to an active police officer who dies as a result of a line-of-duty injury or illness shall be paid to the persons in the first applicable category of the following prioritized list:
(1) 
To the beneficiary or beneficiaries the police officer designated in writing to receive the compensation and filed with the personnel department before the person’s death;
(2) 
To the police officer’s widow or widower;
(3) 
To the police officer’s child or children and to the descendants of a deceased child, by representation;
(4) 
To the police officer’s parents or to their survivors; or
(5) 
To the properly appointed legal representative of the police officer’s estate, or, in the absence of a representative, to the person determined to be entitled to the payment under the state law of descent and distribution.
(e) 
Accumulation and payment of sick leave criteria for certified police officers shall not apply to the director of public safety/chief of police or civilian police employees.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-51; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Each police officer is entitled to earn a minimum of fifteen (15) working days’ vacation leave with pay each year.
(b) 
In computing the length of time a police officer may be absent from work on vacation leave, only those calendar days during which the person would be required to work if not on vacation may be counted as vacation days.
(c) 
A police officer may accumulate vacation leave to the extent allowable and as set out in section 5.4(c) of the city personnel policy.
(d) 
Accumulation and payment of vacation leave criteria for certified police officers shall not apply to the director of public safety/chief of police or civilian police employees.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-52)
There is hereby established a city auxiliary police force composed of personnel who have volunteered to join the organization and whose application for membership has been accepted and who have complied with the rules, regulations, and orders provided for the conduct and control of the members thereof. Its membership shall be limited to the same number of officers as commissioned officers of the regular police force. Members of the auxiliary police force shall not be considered as employees of the city for any purposes other than supervision and control while on duty.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-271)
The members of the auxiliary police force shall be under the authority, control, and command of the chief of police of the city, subject to all of the provisions of the ordinances of the city and of this article. Members shall be appointed from a list of eligible persons compiled as hereinafter provided.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-272)
(a) 
A list of eligible persons shall be established in compliance with rules and regulations set forth in the city police hiring process. All applicants for positions with the auxiliary police force must apply in writing on the form prescribed by the chief of police.
(b) 
All applicants for positions in the auxiliary police force must meet the following basic qualifications:
(1) 
Must be twenty-one (21) years old;
(2) 
A resident of the city;
(3) 
Possess a high school diploma or its equivalency;
(4) 
Must be of good moral character; and
(5) 
Must never have been convicted of a felony.
(c) 
Selections will be made through examinations and appointments will be made by the chief of police. All examinations shall be impartial, and practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters which fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they expect to be appointed.
(d) 
All applicants successfully completing the examination shall, before appointment, be subjected to:
(1) 
Rigid background investigation;
(2) 
Oral interviews;
(3) 
Polygraph examination;
(4) 
Psychological examination; and
(5) 
Rigid physical examination.
Failure to receive a favorable report on any of the five (5) above-mentioned investigations shall reject the applicant.
(e) 
All applicants, before appointment to the auxiliary police force, shall subscribe to an oath that he/she will obey and observe the constitution of the state and the laws of this nation, this state and this city and that he/she will carry out the duties of a member of the auxiliary police force.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-273)
(a) 
The duties of the auxiliary police force, subject at all times to the direction, supervision and control of the chief of police, shall be to assist the regular members of the police department of the city in the enforcement of the law and in the maintenance of peace and order during periods of emergency designated by the chief of police. The chief of police may, by order, establish rules and regulations to govern the auxiliary police force, to fix the specific duties of its members, and to provide for the maintenance of discipline. He may change such orders from time to time, and he may command members of the auxiliary police force to obey the instructions of regular police officers in carrying out their duties.
(b) 
The chief of police may prescribe other duties than those mentioned herein to be performed by the auxiliary police force, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-274)
An identification card and other insignia or evidence of identity as the chief may prescribe shall be issued to each new member, who must carry the card and other identification at all times while on duty, and must surrender them upon termination of his/her membership.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-275)
Membership of any person may be terminated by the chief of police at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by the chief. Any member may resign from the auxiliary police force at any time, but it shall be the duty of said member to notify the chief of police of his/her resignation.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-276)
(a) 
Carrying firearms.
Members of the auxiliary police force may only bear firearms in the case of any emergency while they are discharging official duties as a duly constituted peace officer, and then only by specific order and authorization of the chief of police.
(b) 
Entering private property.
No member of the auxiliary police force shall break into or otherwise forcefully enter upon any private property or enter the dwelling or habitation of another person without the consent of the owner or occupant except when immediately accompanied by a regular member of the police department of this city who then and there requests his/her aid in the enforcement of the law.
(c) 
Training.
Members shall fulfill the minimum training standards established by the commission on law enforcement officer standards and education and such other training as prescribed by the chief of police.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-278)