There is hereby established a police reserve force for the City of Panhandle, Texas.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 4, Sec. 1-35)
Members of the police reserve force shall be appointed and/or relieved at the discretion of the chief of police or city council and shall serve as police officers during the actual discharge of official duties.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 4, Sec. 1-36)
The police reserve force shall not exceed twenty (20) members in number, and must be certified and authorized by the city council and the chief of police.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 4, Sec. 1-37)
Members of the police reserve force shall serve at the discretion of the chief of police and may be called into active duty at any time the chief of police considers it necessary to have additional police officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 4, Sec. 1-38)
Members of the police reserve force may serve with 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 of Panhandle 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 of Panhandle for its full time officers, and reserve officers shall be eligible for death benefits as set out in Chapter 86, Acts 6628f V.T.C.S.); provided, however, that nothing in this section 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 supplementary capacity to the regular police force and in no case shall assume the full time duties of regular police officers.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 4, Sec. 1-39)
Reserve police officers must comply with the minimum training standards established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education minimum standards established for all reserve law enforcement officers identical to the standards to established which must be fulfilled before a person appointed as a reserve law enforcement officer may carry a weapon or otherwise act as a police 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. 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 standard be less than that established by the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education. If any portion of Section 9.211 through this section should be in conflict with any portion of Article 998a, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, or any other laws of this state, the terms and provisions of those laws will govern.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 4, Sec. 1-40.1)