Ord 2683 12/21/1971 ORDINANCE NO. 24: 475 7/
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A POLICE RESERVE
FORCE FOR THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND
DUTIES OF RESERVE POLICEMEN.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Police Reserve
Force for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
SECTION 2. 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 actual discharge of offi-
cial duties .
SECTION 3. The Police Reserve Force shall consist of
twenty (20) members.
SECTION 4. 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.
SECTION 5. Members of the Police Reserve Force must
serve without compensation. Uniform 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 train-
ing for or in the performance of official duties. The City of
Wichita Falls may provide hospital and medical assistance to members
of the Police Reserve Force who sustain injury in the course of per-
forming official duties, in the same manner as provided by the City
of Wichita Falls 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
(Article 6228f V.T.C.S. ) provided, however, that nothing in this
ordinance 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 .
SECTION 6. This action does not limit the power of the
Mayor to summons into service a special police force as provided by
Article 995 of Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925.
SECTION 7 . Reserve police officers must comply with the
minimum training standards established by the Commission on Law
Enforcement Officers Standards and Education minimum training stand-
ards established for all reserve law enforcement officers identical
to the standards established for peace officers in permanent
positions 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 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
that established by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officers
Standards and Education.
If any portion of this ordinance be in conflict with any
part or 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS the /,.p day of ,
1971.
M A Y O R 7444115114111 7744
ATTEST:
City Clerk