[Adopted 4-23-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-6]
A. 
The City of Schenectady deems it necessary to provide by law specially authorized public servants who may issue appearance tickets pursuant to Subdivision 3 of § 150.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law and § 10, Subdivision 4[a], of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
B. 
Community Service Officers of the Schenectady Police Department, as public servants of the City of Schenectady, are hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets in the performance of their respective duties when commencing prosecutions pursuant to the various chapters of this Code.
C. 
The power to use the appearance ticket shall not imply any restraint upon the power of the aforementioned public servants to utilize any alternative methods of commencing prosecutions as may be provided by law.
D. 
For purposes of this section, the term "appearance ticket" shall have the same definition as provided in Article 150, § 150.10, of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York, and the procedure governing its uses shall conform in all respects to the procedure as enumerated in Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York and other applicable articles of that law.