The reserve police unit for the city’s police department, which shall be a volunteer force of reserve police officers, hereinafter referred to in this division as the “reserve unit,” is hereby established.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.001)
Reserve officers shall perform under the general direction and control of the chief of police, subject to the supervision of the city manager. Reserve officers are subject to such rules, regulations and orders as may be promulgated from time to time by the chief of police in accordance with the authority vested in the chief of police by the city’s Code of Ordinances, by ordinances or by resolutions adopted by the city council for the city.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.002)
The reserve unit shall be an auxiliary police force composed of volunteers, who shall serve without pay. The chief of police shall establish the size, composition and organization of the reserve unit, which shall not exceed in total the number of regular officers authorized by ordinance or resolution or exceed the number of reserve officers for which worker’s compensation fund contributions have been budgeted for the then-current fiscal year.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.003)
Prior to performing any duties as a reserve police officer, each police reserve applicant shall have received basic training as approved and in accordance with the requirements of the state commission on law enforcement officer standards and education or its successor, and shall apply for certification by said commission as a reserve police officer. The names of reserve police applicants who have received certification from the state commission on law enforcement officer standards and education shall be submitted to the city council for approval.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.004)
Members of the reserve unit 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.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.005)
The reserve police officers of the reserve unit shall act only in a supplemental capacity to the regular police force who [and] shall in no case assume full-time duties of the regular police officers.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.006)
No reserve police officer appointed pursuant to this division shall be entitled to compensation for service. A police reserve officer who sustains an injury in the course of performing official duties may receive hospital and medical assistance through the city’s worker’s compensation program administered by the Texas Municipal League and in the same manner as provided for full-time police officers; provided, however, that nothing in this division shall be construed to authorize or permit a member of the reserve unit 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 shall be eligible for death benefits as set out in chapter 86, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session 1967, as amended (V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, section 142.003), again provided this will not constitute the eligibility of participation in any pension fund to which regular officers may become a member by payroll deduction or otherwise.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.007)
Reserve officers of the reserve unit shall serve as peace officers during the actual discharge of official duties subject at all times to the direction, control and supervisory authority of the chief of police; said duties of a reserve police officer include the authority to make arrests. A reserve officer shall be deemed to be actually discharging his or her official duties only while on active status.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.008)
(a) 
No person appointed to the reserve unit may carry a weapon or otherwise act as a peace officer until:
(1) 
The person has satisfactorily completed the basic training course in an academy certified by the state commission on law enforcement officer standards and education; and
(2) 
The person has been accepted for duty by the police department and taken an oath of office as prescribed by ordinance.
(b) 
After meeting the conditions in subsections (a)(1) and (2) above, the reserve officer may carry a weapon only when the reserve is assigned to active duty. Reserves shall not be entitled to carry firearms other than for on-duty purposes, unless so authorized by the chief of police.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.009)
An explicit policy governing the operations of the reserve unit and its reserve police officers has been reviewed and adopted by the city council and is a part of the general orders policy for the police department, one copy of which is maintained at the police department and one copy maintained at city hall under the direction of the city secretary.
(2004 Code, sec. 9.08.010)