[CC 1997 §14-31]
There is hereby created in the Police Department a section to
be known as the Police Reserve.
[CC 1997 §14-32]
The Police Reserve shall be under the administration of the
Chief of Police who shall prescribe, subject to the approval of the
City Administrator, the number of members of the Reserve, the training
qualifications and requirements necessary to become a member of the
Reserve and the duties of the members of the Reserve. The Chief of
Police shall appoint members of the Reserve with the approval of the
City Administrator. Employees of Branson West other than regular Police
Officers may be appointed Reserve Police Officers. While acting under
orders of the Chief of Police, Police Reserve members shall be considered
to be conservators of the peace of the City and shall have the authority
to enforce all or such ordinances of the City as the order of the
Chief of Police shall provide. Such orders of the Chief of Police
may be directed to one (1) or more members of the Police Reserve and
shall be subject to the approval of the City Administrator. Any member
of the Police Reserve shall be presumed to have acted within the scope
of an approved order of the Chief of Police whenever he/she shall
in his/her capacity as a Police Reserve member take any action which
might be performed by a regular Police Officer of the City, which
presumption may be overcome only by competent evidence that no such
order had in fact been given.
[CC 1997 §14-33]
Upon recommendation of a person to membership in the Police
Reserve and after approval of the City Administrator, the City Clerk
shall issue a special Police Reserve commission, signed by the Mayor,
authorizing the holder thereof as member of the Police Reserve to
carry out all duties assigned to such person by the Chief of Police.
Such commission shall be carried by the special officer at all times
on duty and shall represent his/her authority. Uniforms of the Police
Reserve shall be described by the Chief of Police, subject to the
approval of the City Administrator. The City shall not be responsible
for furnishing the uniforms of the Police Reserve. Members of the
Police Reserve shall not come under the provisions of any City retirement
plan. Police Reserve members shall have no authority to give orders
or instruction to the members of the regular Police force of the City.
