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RESOLUTION NO. BPW- 03-05-25-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CARMEL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
APPOINTING SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER
WHEREAS, the Animal Control Specialists/Community Service Officers (“CSOs”) are civilian employees
of the Carmel Police Department who enforce the parking and animal control provisions of Carmel City Code; and
WHEREAS, numerous parking and animal code enforcement provisions fall exclusively under Indiana
Code, and, as civilian employees, CSOs do not currently have the power to enforce infractions under Indiana Code;
and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code § 36-8-3-7 grants the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety (the
“Safety Board”) authority to “appoint and swear an additional number of special police officers[], to do special duty
within the city” (“Special Police Officers”); and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code § 36-8-3-7 provides that Special Police Officers shall only have those powers,
privileges, and duties assigned to them by the Safety Board and only while fulfilling the specific responsibilities for
which the appointment is made, must wear a uniform that is easily distinguishable from uniforms for state and local
law enforcement agencies, and may be removed by the Safety Board at any time without notice and without cause;
and
WHEREAS, Special Police Officers under Indiana Code § 36-8-3-7 are specifically exempted from the basic
training requirements for a law enforcement officer under Indiana Code Chapter 5-2-1; and
WHEREAS, in order to better balance resources and improve economic efficiency, the Carmel Police
Department requests that the Safety Board authorize CSO Brittney Sanford to enforce certain infractions under
Indiana Code; and
WHEREAS, the Safety Board, pursuant to its authority under Indiana Code § 36-8-3-7, now desires to
appoint and swear CSO Brittney Sanford as a Special Police Officer for the limited purpose of enforcing the parking
and animal code provisions under Indiana Code where the violations of said provisions are infractions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety, that:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. CSO Brittney Sanford is hereby appointed, under Indiana Code § 36-8-3-7, as a Special
Police Officers for the City of Carmel for the limited purpose of enforcing parking and animal code
enforcement provisions of Indiana Code where the violations of said provisions constitute an infraction,
pursuant to the following conditions:
(a) While carrying out the specific responsibilities for which she is appointment as a Special
Police Officer, Brittney Sanford shall:
(i) Continue at her current rate of pay with the Carmel Police Department;
(ii) Wear the CSO uniform that shall remain easily distinguishable from uniforms
for state and local law enforcement agencies;
(iii) Remain an at-will employee of the Carmel Police Department;
(iv) Obey the rules of the Carmel Police Department; and
(v) Be subject to the Police Chief.
(b) While carrying out the specific responsibilities for which she is appointment as a Special
Police Officer, Brittney Sanford shall not:
(i) Carry a firearm on her person;
(ii) Make an arrest; or
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(iii) Conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property, except for the
impoundment of animals and/or towing of vehicles, as permitted by Indiana
Code and/or Carmel City Code.
(c) Brittney Sanford shall continue her appointment as a Special Police Officers until the
Safety Board removes her appointment or until she is removed from employment with
the City, whichever occurs first.
ALL OF WHICH IS RESOLVED by the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety, this ____ day
of , 2025.
CARMEL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
By:
Laura Campbell, Presiding Officer
Date:
James Barlow, Member
Date:
Alan Potasnik, Member
Date:
ATTEST:
Jacob Quinn, City Clerk
Date:
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