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Ohio Rev. Code § 737.161 (2026)

Village auxiliary police unit - parking enforcement unit

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April 6, 2023
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House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
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(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.

Last updated March 13, 2023 at 9:34 AM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1983–2020 · leading case: State v. Clark, 462 N.E.2d 436 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983).
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State v. Clark, 462 N.E.2d 436 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “See R.C. 737.161 and 715.05. R.C. 2935.03(A) states: “(A) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, or state university law enforcement officer appointed under section 3345.”
Dalton-Webb v. Vill. of Wakeman (N.D. Ohio 2020). · cites it 2× “Reserve officers were appointed under Ohio Revised Code § 737.161, whereas part-time officers were appointed under Ohio Revised Code § 737.”
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