Ohio Code § 737.161
Ohio Code § 737.161. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 737.161.
(A) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary
police unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation
of auxiliary police officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all
appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules
prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for
the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the auxiliary
police unit. The village marshal shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transferring
of all auxiliary police officers, under such general rules as the mayor prescribes. (B)(1) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, a parking enforcement
unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of
parking enforcement officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make
all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general
rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules
for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking
enforcement unit. The mayor may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal
compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking
enforcement officers. (2) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement
of ordinances governing parking in accessible parking locations and fire lanes and
any other parking ordinances specified in the ordinance creating the parking enforcement
unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers. (3) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction
in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit,
the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement,
proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking ordinances, human
interaction skills, and first aid.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 737.161
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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