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ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING STANDARDS FOR POLICE <br /> UNIFORMS; ADDING SECTION 2.665 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; <br /> AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br /> The City of Eugene does ordain as follows: <br /> <br /> Section 1. Section 2.665 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is added to provide: <br /> <br />2.665 Police Department- Use of Police Uniform. <br /> (1) No person other than a City of Eugene police officer shall wear or <br /> use, or authorize the wearing or use of, a uniform that is <br /> substantially similar to the official sworn officer's uniform. For <br /> purposes of this section: <br /> (a) "Official sworn officer's uniform" means the style and color <br /> of uniform authorized by the city manager or designee for <br /> use by sworn officers in the Eugene Police Department, and it <br /> includes the associated equipment and badge, star or <br /> insignia worn or carried by those officers; and <br /> (b) A uniform is "substantially similar to the official sworn <br /> officer's uniform" if it is reasonably likely that a citizen will <br /> believe the person wearing the uniform is a sworn officer in <br /> the Eugene Police Department. <br /> (2) The prohibition in subsection (1) of this section does not apply to <br /> police officers as defined in ORS 181.610(14)(2003). <br /> (3) The city manager shall adopt rules pursuant to section 2.019 of <br /> this code: <br /> (a) Defining the color or colors, design, identifying insignia, <br /> badge, standard equipment and other features that constitute <br /> the official sworn officer's uniform; and <br /> (b) Defining the combination or combinations of features of the <br /> official sworn officer's uniform that, if duplicated or <br /> substantially duplicated in another uniform, would render the <br /> other uniform substantially similar to the official sworn <br /> officer's uniform. <br /> (4) ff the city modifies the official sworn officer's uniform, <br /> amendments to the rules described in subsection (3) of this <br /> section shall provide a reasonable time to come into compliance <br /> for persons who, as of the date of any amendment to the rules, are <br /> required as part of their employment to wear a uniform that is <br /> substantially similar to the official sworn officer's uniform as <br /> modified. <br /> <br />Ordinance- 1 <br /> <br /> <br />