There is hereby established a police reserve force for the city.
(Ordinance F-13-89, sec. 1, adopted 2/13/89)
Members of the police reserve force shall be appointed and/or
relieved at the discretion of the chief of police and shall serve
as police officers during the actual discharge of official duties.
(Ordinance F-13-89, sec. 2, adopted 2/13/89)
The police reserve force shall not exceed in number the total
number of regular police officers authorized.
(Ordinance F-13-89, sec. 3, adopted 2/13/89)
Members of the police reserve force shall serve at the discretion
of the chief of police and may be called into active service at any
time the chief of police considers it necessary to have additional
police officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law.
(Ordinance F-13-89, sec. 4, adopted 2/13/89)
Members of the police reserve force may serve without compensation.
Uniforms and uniform compensation may be provided to the reserve police
officers at the discretion of the chief of police. The uniform compensation
shall be based solely upon time served by the member of the police
reserve while in training for or in the performance of official duties.
The city may provide hospital and medical assistance to members of
the police reserve force who sustain injury in the course of performing
official duties, in the same manner as provided by the city for its
full-time police officers, and reserve officers shall be eligible
for death benefits as set out in chapter 86, Acts of 60th Legislature,
Regular Session 1967, as amended V.T.C.A., Local Government Code,
section 142.003); provided, however, that nothing in this division
shall be construed to authorize or permit a member of the police reserve
force to become eligible for participation in any pension fund created
pursuant to state statute to which regular officers may become a member
by payroll deductions or otherwise. Reserve police officers may act
in a supplementary capacity to the regular police force and may be
allowed to assume the full-time duties of regular police officers
upon approval of police chief.
(Ordinance adopted 6/10/02)
This division does not limit the power of the mayor to summon
into service a special police force as provided by V.T.C.A., Local
Government Code, section 341.011.
(Ordinance F-13-89, sec. 6, adopted 2/13/89)
(a)
Reserve
police officers must comply with the minimum training standards established
by the state commission on law enforcement officer standards and education
minimum standards established for all reserve law enforcement officers
identical to the standards so established which must be fulfilled
before a person appointed as a reserve law enforcement officer may
carry a weapon or otherwise act as a peace officer. The chief of police
shall establish qualifications and standards of training for members
of the police reserve force and shall establish rules and regulations
governing reserve police officers.
(b)
The
chief of police may establish minimum physical, mental, educational
and moral standards as used by the regular police department, but
in no case shall the standards be less than that established by the
state commission on law enforcement officer standards and education.
(c)
If
any portion of this division be in conflict with any part or portion
of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, chapter 341, as amended, or any
other laws of this state, the terms and provisions of those laws will
govern.
(Ordinance F-13-89, sec. 7, adopted 2/13/89)
