The city being in a defense production area, it is declared and determined to be necessary and essential, whenever a state of war exists and a national emergency has been declared, that the employees of the city have a method of identification in order that, among other things, the citizens of the community will be able to know that the bearer of such identification is an employee of the city and is justified in carrying out any extraordinary duties imposed upon him or her in the event of local emergency, and in order that the property of the city may be more adequately protected and the employee assisted in identifying him or herself in connection with his or her official duties.
(Prior code § 2-1000)