An auxiliary police force to be known as "Police Reserve, Brownfield Police Department," is hereby established. It shall be composed of personnel who have volunteered to join the organization and whose application for membership has been accepted and who have complied with the rules, regulations and orders provided for the conduct and control of the members thereof. It shall be composed of not to exceed forty-four (44) members. The Police Reserve, Brownfield Police Department, shall be separate and distinct from the regular force of the police department of this city, but shall be under the direct control and supervision of the chief of police of the City of Brownfield, Texas.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.1)
The members of the police reserve shall be under the authority, control and command of the chief of police of the City of Brownfield subject to all of the provisions of the ordinances of the city and of this article. Members shall be appointed from a list of eligibles compiled as hereinafter provided.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.2)
(a) 
A list of eligibles shall be established in compliance with rules and regulations set forth as follows:
(1) 
Meet the minimum standards for licensing for reserve peace officers as set out by the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education (TCLEOSE).
(2) 
Be of good moral character as determined by a thorough background investigation.
(3) 
Go before a board of interviewers made up of representatives of the Brownfield Police Department and be referred with a favorable recommendation to the chief of police, by the board members.
(4) 
Be interviewed personally by the chief of police prior to being accepted as a reserve peace officer for the City of Brownfield.
(b) 
Every reserve peace officer for the City of Brownfield shall:
(1) 
Satisfy all of the conditions listed in subsection (a) above.
(2) 
Must have proof of licensing prior to being allowed to carry a weapon.
(3) 
Provide the department with his/her social security number as mandatory under Article 4413 (29aa), Section 2B(a) of Vernon's Annotated Revised Civil Statutes, and as a form of identification of TCLEOSE records.
(Ordinance 1820 adopted 8/6/98)
The duties of the police reserve force, subject at all times to the direction, supervision and control of the chief of police, shall be to assist the regular members of the police department of this city in the enforcement of the law and in the maintenance of peace and order. To this end, members of the police reserve force shall serve at the discretion of the chief of police and may be called into service at any time the chief of police considers it necessary or desirable to have additional officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law; provided however, that said reserve police officer shall act only in a supplementary capacity to the regular police force and shall in no case assume the full-time duties of regular police officers without first complying with all requirements for such regular police officers.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.4)
An identification card and other insignia or evidence of identity as the chief may prescribe shall be issued to each member, who must carry the card and other identification at all times while on duty, and he must surrender them upon the termination of his membership.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.5)
Membership of any person may be terminated by the chief of police at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by the chief of police. Any member may resign from the police reserve force at any time, but it shall be the duty of the member to notify the chief of his resignation.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.6)
The chief of police may by order diminish or expand the membership of the police reserve force as exigency may require within the limit hereinbefore established.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.7)
(a) 
Carrying of Firearms.
No member of the police reserve force shall, while on duty or otherwise, bear any firearm except on the express order of the chief of police.
(b) 
Breaking and Entering.
No member of the police reserve force shall break into or otherwise forcefully enter upon any private property or enter the dwelling or habitation of another person without the consent of the owner or occupant except when immediately accompanied by a regular member of the police department of this city who then and there requests his aid in the enforcement of the law.
(c) 
Power of Arrest.
A member of the police reserve force shall have the following powers of arrest and none others:
(1) 
When the offense is committed in his presence or within his view, if the offense is classified as a felony, or as an "offense against the public peace."
(2) 
Upon the presentation of a credible person that a felony has been committed and the offender is about to escape, and there is not sufficient time to procure a warrant for such offender.
(3) 
When authorized by a warrant of arrest and such warrant is in the actual possession of the officer making the arrest.
(4) 
To lend physical aid to any regular member of the police department in making any lawful arrest, when authorized by the chief of police or requested by any regular member of the police department of this city.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.8)
Members of the police reserve force shall receive regular patrolmen's pay when ordered to active duty by the chief of police or during periods of emergency. There will be no remuneration for their tour of training, nor for service voluntarily performed except as authorized by the chief of police.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.9)
In addition to the penalties provided by laws any violation of law under color of the performance of his duties as a member of the police reserve force, and any breach of the rules and regulations established by the chief of police shall subject any member to summary expulsion and the fact thereof maybe published at the order of the chief.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.10)
It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in Section 1.109 of this code for any person to wear, carry or display a police reserve identification card or otherwise deceitfully represent himself to be connected with the police reserve force unless he is in fact a member thereof in good standing.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.11)
The chief of police shall prescribe the uniforms and badges for the members of the police reserve force and direct the manner in which the same shall be worn. Any person other than a member of such force who shall wear such uniform or badge as may be prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to fine in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in Section 1.109 of this code.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-40.12)