§ 30 — Special police officers of corporation operating signal systems

§ 30. Special police officers of corporation operating signal systems.\nThe police department or board of police of any city may, in addition to\nthe police force now authorized by law, appoint a number of persons, not\nexceeding two hundred, who may be designated by any corporation\noperating a system of signaling by telegraph to a central office for\npolice assistance, to act as special patrol officer in connection with\nsuch telegraph system. And the persons so appointed shall, in and about\nsuch service, have all the powers possessed by the members of the\nregular force, except as they may be limited by and subject to the\nsupervision and control of the police department or board of police of\nsuch city. No person shall be appointed such special police officer who\ndoes not possess the qualifications required by such police department\nor board of police for such special service; and persons so appointed\nshall be subject, in case of emergency, to do duty as part of the\nregular police force of the city. The police department or board of\npolice shall have power to revoke any such appointment at any time, and\nevery person appointed shall wear a badge and uniform, to be furnished\nby such corporation and approved by the police department or board of\npolice; such uniform shall be designated at the time of the first\nappointment and shall be the permanent uniform to be worn by such\nspecial police, and the pay of such special patrol officer and all\nexpenses connected with their service shall be wholly paid by such\ncorporation, and no expense or liability shall at any time be incurred\nor paid by the police department or board of police of any city, for or\nby reason of the services of such persons so appointed.\n