Section 15-120. Uniforms and badges; unlawful use prohibited  


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  • a. It shall be
      the duty of the commissioner to make suitable  regulations  under  which
      the  officers and members of the department shall be required to wear an
      appropriate uniform and badge by which the authority  and  relations  of
      the   officers  and  members  in  such  department  may  be  known.  The
      commissioner shall select the grade of cloth and  quality  required  for
      such  uniforms, but shall not prescribe where or from whom such uniforms
      or uniform clothing  shall  be  purchased,  or  the  price  to  be  paid
      therefor.  It  shall be unlawful for any contractor or agent or employee
      of any contractor for the making of uniforms for the department to  have
      an  office  within any building belonging to or under the control of the
      department.
        b. It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for a  period
      of  not  less than sixty days, for a person not enrolled or employed, or
      appointed by the department, to wear  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the
      uniform or insignia prescribed to be worn by the rules or regulations of
      the  department,  or to do any act as firefighter not duly authorized by
      the commissioner, or to interfere with the property or apparatus of  the
      department  in  any  manner unless by the authority of the commissioner.
      Any person who shall falsely represent any member of the uniformed force
      of the department, or who shall maliciously,  with  intent  to  deceive,
      use,  or imitate any of the signs, fire caps, badges, signals or devices
      adopted or  used  by  the  department,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a
      misdemeanor  and shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five
      dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars, and to imprisonment  for
      a  term  of not less than ten days, or more than three months, such fine
      when collected to be paid into the general fund of the city  established
      pursuant to section one hundred nine of the charter.