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 Irving
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 29. POLICE
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 29-7. Police reserves.  

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  • (a)

    Establishment; composition. An auxiliary police force to be known as police reserve is hereby established. It shall be composed of personnel who have volunteered to join the organization and whose applications for membership have been accepted and who have complied with all the rules, regulations and orders provided for the conduct and control of the members thereof. The police reserve shall be separate and distinct from the police department of this city but shall be headed by the chief of police.

    (b)

    Authority of chief of police; appointment of members. The members of the police reserve shall be under the authority, control and command of the chief of police of the city, certified under the guidelines promulgated by the State of Texas, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

    (c)

    Duties. 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 law and the maintenance of peace and order. The chief shall promulgate policies, procedures, rules, directives and orders for the administration of the police reserve force, including but not limited to discipline within the police reserve force, and fix the specific duties of its members. He may change such orders from time to time, and he may require members of the police reserve force to obey the instructions of regular police command in carrying out their duties. The chief of police may prescribe other duties than those mentioned herein to be performed by the police reserve force, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.

    (d)

    Termination of membership. 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 his duty to notify the chief of his resignation.

    (e)

    Authority to diminish or expand membership. The chief of police may by order diminish or expand the membership of the police reserve force as he deems fit, within the limits established in this article.

    (f)

    Power and authority of members.

    (1)

    Carrying of firearms. Members of the police reserve force shall while on duty only carry firearms on the express written order of the chief of police.

    (2)

    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.

    (3)

    Power of arrest. A member of the police reserve force shall have the following powers of arrest and none others:

    a.

    For an offense committed in his presence.

    b.

    For a felony offense in accordance with Articles 14.03 and 14.04 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

    c.

    He may 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.

    d.

    Pursuant to a warrant of arrest.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 1, 4-26-84)

State law reference

Police reserve force, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 341.012.