[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950]
There is hereby created an organization of police officers in
the City to be known as the "Lake Oswego Police Reserve", to be composed
of a voluntary membership of not to exceed fifty members who shall
be under the jurisdiction and subject to duty on call of the Chief
of Police.
[Ord. No. 409, 1-3-1950]
Members of the Lake Oswego Reserve shall be citizens of the
age of not less than twenty-one years whose application for membership
has been approved by the Chief of Police and the City Manager.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950; Ord. No. 1451, 12-21-1971]
The Police Reserve shall be divided into such units as may be
determined by the Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950]
When serving on active duty at the call of the Chief of Police
or other authority of the City, members of the Police Reserve shall
be entitled to all the powers and privileges of a regular Police Officer
of the City and subject to all the duties and regulations and responsibilities
thereof. And the responsibility of citizens to assist the Police Officers
in pursuit of their duty shall apply to the members of the Police
Reserve while on active duty in the same manner as to any other Police
Officer.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950]
Except when on duty by call of the Chief of Police, or other
authority of the City, the members of the Police Reserve shall perform
no police functions other than those granted to all citizens of the
state of Oregon by the laws thereof.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950; Ord. No. 1451, 12-21-1971]
Members of the Lake Oswego Police Reserve shall at all times
be subject to call and performance of police duties as may be assigned
to them, (except in the case of labor disputes in which case they
may voluntarily refuse to serve) and shall report for duty at such
intervals and times as shall be fixed or determined by order of the
Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950; Ord. No. 1451, 12-21-1971; Ord. No. 2890, Amended, 3-17-2022]
Members of the organization shall be subject to the order of
the regularly constituted authority of the City and shall be directly
responsible to the Chief of Police and officers of the regular Police
Department and to the officers of the Police Reserve. Members shall
serve at the pleasure of the Chief of Police and may be dismissed
with or without cause by the Chief of Police or the City Manager.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950]
Upon termination of membership in the Police Reserve for whatever
reason all property of the City in the possession of the retiring
member shall be surrendered and delivered to such official as the
Chief of Police shall designate to receive the same.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950; Ord. No. 1451, 12-21-1971; Ord. No. 2890, Amended, 3-17-2022]
There may be appointed by the Chief of Police with the approval
of the City Manager a captain of the Police Reserve who shall not
be an active member of the regular police force of the City, but shall
be a member in good standing of the Police Reserve and shall, subject
to the regulations imposed by the Chief of Police, be the executive
officer of the Police Reserve. Additional captains, lieutenants and
sergeants may from time to time be appointed by the Chief of Police
from members of the Reserve to serve at the Chief’s pleasure.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950]
The Chief of Police may divide the membership of the Police
Reserve and the units thereof into squads and assign them to duty
as deemed for the best interests of the City and the protection of
the people, and may require the members thereof to perform police
duties either individually or in such number and under such leadership
as the Chief of Police may designate and irrespective of the unit
of such reserve to which such member shall belong.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950; Ord. No. 1451, 12-21-1971]
The members of the Police Reserve shall furnish and maintain
their own equipment without expense to the City, except that the members
of the organization shall be furnished by the City free of charge
an official badge of appropriate design.
[Ord. No. 409, 10-3-1950; Ord. No. 1451, 12-21-1971]
Members of the Police Reserve shall receive no compensation
for their membership therein or while on duty as such, unless special
provision be made therefor by the City Manager.
