§ 31-4. Authority of school crossing guards.

(a) School crossing guards, appointed under the regulations of the county personnel board and appropriately uniformed so as to be identified as officers and guards of the county, are authorized to be assigned traffic control devices which will include directing traffic at school and church crossings and such other traffic control duties as may be designated by the county executive or director of the department of police or his or her designee.

(b) School crossing guards shall have the power to control vehicular traffic as necessary and consistent with the safety of such school children and pedestrians, including the power to signal, stop or otherwise direct vehicular traffic so as to permit the safe crossing of persons using the school or church crossing area. Crossing guards may be assigned additional traffic control duties by the county executive or director of the department of police or his or her designee; and in emergencies, school crossing guards may assist a police officer in traffic control at the officer’s request.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to obey or comply with the lawful signal or order of a school crossing guard. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 2.)