There is hereby established a police reserve force for the city.
(Ordinance 186, sec. 1, adopted 3/10/75)
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 186, sec. 2, adopted 3/10/75; Ordinance adopting Code)
The police reserve force shall not exceed in number the total
number authorized by the city council.
(Ordinance 186, sec. 3, adopted 3/10/75)
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 186, sec. 4, adopted 3/10/75; Ordinance adopting Code)
Members of the police reserve force may serve without compensation.
Uniform compensation may be provided to the reserve police officers
at the discretion of the city council. 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., Government Code, chapter
615). 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 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.
(Ordinance 186, sec. 5, adopted 3/10/75)
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 186, sec. 6, adopted 3/10/75)
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 city council shall establish qualifications and standards
of training for members of the police reserve force and shall establish
rules and regulations governing reserve police officers. The city
council may establish minimum physical, mental and educational requirements
[for reserve police officers but in no case shall the standards] be
less than that established by the state commission on law enforcement
officer standards and education. If any portion of this division be
in conflict with any part or portion of state law, the terms and provisions]
of those [laws] will govern.
(Ordinance 186, sec. 7, adopted 3/10/75; Ordinance adopting Code)
