§ 31-223. Crossing guards.

(a)

Either the governing body of the City of Manhattan, the board of education of U.S.D. 383, or the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency (RCLEA), or the designee of any such governmental agency, shall have authority to designate, and appoint, persons to act as crossing guards at any school zone established by section 31-221. When so designated, and appointed, such crossing guards shall have authority to assist school children, and others, in crossing the street within such school zone, during anytime that the zone is in effect. In exercising such authority, the crossing guards may, when it is safe to do so, direct traffic to stop while children, or others, are crossing. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a person assisting children in crossing a designated school zone, within the hours that the zone is effective, has been validly appointed, and designated, by either City of Manhattan, U.S.D. 383 or RCLEA, or their designee.

(b)

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any crossing guard, designated and appointed as set forth in subsection (a).

(Ord. No. 6176, § 1, 11-21-00; Ord. No. 6276, § 1, 7-16-02; Ord. No. 6293, § 1, 9-17-02; Ord. No. 6314, § 1, 1-7-03; Ord. No. 6356, § 1, 8-19-03)