There is hereby established a police reserve force for the city.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-51)
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.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-52; Ordinance
adopting Code)
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.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-53)
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.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-54)
(a)
Members
of the police reserve force may serve without compensation. Uniforms
and uniform compensation may be provided to the reserve police officers
with council approval. 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 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.
(b)
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.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-55)
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.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-56)
Reserve police officers must comply with the minimum training
standards established by the state commission on law enforcement 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 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
standards be less than those established by the commission on law
enforcement standards and education.
(1995 Code, sec. 2-57)
