[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Edmonston 2-10-1997 by Ord.
No. 96-002 (Ch. 3, Art. III, §§ 3-17
and 3-18, of the 1997 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Police officers shall take appropriate action to detect and
arrest violators of the law and of the ordinances of the Town; protect
life and property; preserve the peace; and enforce all laws and ordinances,
where applicable, within the Town.
[Added 10-14-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-OR-08]
A. The Chief of Police, with the approval of the Mayor, may establish
a Reserve Officer Program with the Edmonston Police Department in
accordance with the criteria of this section. The Chief is authorized
to determine the requirements of the Program, in keeping with the
terms of this section.
B. The purpose of the Reserve Officer Program is to provide sworn law
enforcement officers to supplement the Town's force of paid full-time
police officers.
C. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall be sworn as law
enforcement officers with full police powers with the Town of Edmonston.
D. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall serve without compensation,
remuneration or monetary benefits of any kind for their services as
volunteer officers participating in the Reserve Officer Program.
E. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall have at least such
training as may be required by the Maryland Police Training Commission
to perform the duties of a sworn law enforcement officer.
F. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall serve at the pleasure
of the Chief of Police who can hire or dismiss reserve officers at
will.
G. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall be subject to a
twelve-month probationary period upon initial entry into the Program.
However, participants in the program shall acquire no right to continued
participation in the program upon completion of the probationary period.
H. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall be subject to all
laws, rules, and regulations and orders regarding the operation of
the Police Department and conduct of its police officers.
I. Participants in the Reserve Officer Program shall be subject to discipline
to the same extent and in the same manner as a full-time police officers,
except that during the participant's probationary period the
participant shall be subject to discipline in the same manner and
to the same extent as a full-time police officer serving a probationary
period. Law enforcement officer bill of rights protections do not
apply.
J. The Chief may determine the hours of work and assign a participant
in the Reserve Officer Program to such rank, duties and responsibilities
in the Department as the Chief reasonably determines consistent with
the qualifications and experience of the participant.
K. The Chief and Town Administrator shall ensure that participants in
the Reserve Officer Program are covered by the same liability insurance
coverage and protections as are provided from time to time for the
Town's full-time paid police officers. To the extent required
by law, the Chief and Town Administrator shall ensure that participants
in the Reserve Officer Program are covered by the same workers'
compensation insurance coverage as provided from time to time for
the Town's full-time paid police officers.
L. Any expenses related to the Reserve Officer Program may be incurred
only to the extent that funds are available for such purposes in the
Police Department's annual budget.