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ORDINANCE NO. 3370 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Police Department, providing for the appointment, and prescribing the duties and term of office, of Special Policemen; prohibiting the unauthorized use or possession of Special Police badges, uniforms or similitude thereof; defining offenses; prescribing penalties. NOR, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: The City Council shall appoint from time to time and in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter and of this ordinance such number of Special Policemen as they shall deem necessary, and who shall serve in such office without compensation from the city; provided, that the number of Special Policemen acting pursuant to such appointment shall not at any one time exceed seventy-five (75). Section 2: No person who-- (a) Is not a citizen of the United States; (b) Is not a resident of the City of Everett; (c) Is not trustworthy and of good moral character; (d) Has ever been convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude; (e) Has failed to fulfill requirements of Reserve Training Program. shall be eligible for appointment as a Special Policeman. No Spec- ial Policeman shall be considered an employee of the City of Everett for any purpose, nor entitled to the benefits of the Police Pension Fund Act (Rem. Rev. Stat. , sec. 9579, et seq. ) Section 3: Any person desiring appointment as a Special Policeman shall file with the Commissioner of Public Safety, upon a form to be supplied by him, an application similar to those required by the Commissioner of Public Safety of applicants for the position of Police Patrolman. He shall, in such application, give the inform- ation required, shall sign the same and by affidavit shall swear or affirm that the statements and answers therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Such application shall be accompanied by the statements of at least three (3) reputable citizens, not related to, or present employers of, the aD plicant, attesting to his trustworthiness and good moral character. The applicant shall also in the manner and at the time and place desired by the Commissioner of Public Safety make an imprint of the thumbs and fingers of both hands. If the Commissioner of Public Safety, from said application or upon investigation, determines that the applicant is eligible under the provisions of the Charter ana this ordinance to appointment as Special Policeman, he shall so certify to the City Council; otherwise he shall disapprove the application. Section 4: Upon receiving the certificate from the Commission- er of Public Safety as provided in Section 3 hereof, and upon pay- ment by the applicant to the Chief of Police of the sum of Five Dollars (45.O0) as a deposit to be held until return of the badge as hereinafter provided, the City Council may, in its discretion, appoint the applicant as a Special Policeman under the provisions of this ordinance, but the number of persons appointed and acting at any one time as Special Policemen shall never exceed the number fixed in Section 1 hereof. The appointment made by the City Council shall