Chapter 1.13 — POLICE RESERVE CORPS

Sections:

1.13.010 Created and established.

1.13.020 Qualifications for membership.

1.13.030 Control and rules and regulations.

1.13.040 Minimum assignments, pay and expenses.

1.13.050 Status as peace officer.

1.13.060 Equipment.

1.13.070 Misdemeanor to impersonate Corps members—Penalty.

1.13.080 Compensation in event of injury, disability or death of members of Corps.

1.13.090 Technical support unit.

The Police Reserve Corps is hereby created and established as an organization which shall be composed of volunteer workers only who shall have been appointed and sworn in as members thereof by the Chief of Police or by an authorized person designated by the Chief for such purpose. The number of members of the Corps shall not exceed one hundred at any time. All volunteers shall serve gratuitously except as noted in Section 1.13.040. (Ord. 4515 § 2 (part); July 3, 1984.)

.010 The Chief of Police, with the assistance of the Human Resources Department, shall establish the requirements for qualifications to become members of the Anaheim Police Department Reserve Corps. Such requirements shall include but need not be limited to the minimum selection and training requirements set forth by the Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training and those specified in the California Penal Code, Section 832.

.020 A Physician, as designated by the Risk Management Control Center, shall determine the physical fitness of persons to become members.

.030 Whenever all of the requirements to qualify to become a member shall have been met by any person, he may be appointed and sworn in as a member by the Chief or by any authorized person designated by the Chief for such purpose.

.040 The Chief, with or without cause therefor, may terminate any member at any time and any member may resign as such at any time by written notification thereof to the Chief. Any member who shall cease to be such shall surrender, at the time he shall cease to be such, all property of the City which shall have been issued to him pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.

.050 The Chief may increase or decrease the number of members of the Corps. In addition, the Chief, by order, may designate the specific duties performed by members of the Corps in accordance with their individual level of training as set forth

by the Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training and the California Penal Code. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3, 1984; Ord. 5143 § 1; June 26, 1990.)

The Chief shall have complete authority and control over the Corps. The Chief may establish by order, rules, and regulations governing the Corps and its members providing for the maintenance of discipline and assigning members to perform police duties. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3, 1984.)

Each member of the Corps shall serve as such for a minimum number of sixteen hours, plus four hours of meetings and up to four hours of training each calendar month. Members shall receive salary, wages, or compensation for the services performed in such amounts, if any, as may be approved by the City Council from time to time. Reimbursement can be made for expenses incurred in the line of duty at the discretion of the Chief. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3, 1984: Ord. 4707 § 1; April 29, 1986.)

Each member, while serving as such, shall have status as a police officer or as a peace officer as provided by Section 830.6(a) and 832.6 of the California Penal Code and as such, shall have the same power and authority, except to the extent that the same may be restricted or limited by the Chief of Police, as prescribed by law, as does a regular police officer while serving as such. However, each member, at all times other than while serving as such:

.010 Shall not have status as a police officer or as a peace officer;

.020 Shall not have any power, authority, or duties as a police officer or as a peace officer; and

.030 Shall not represent, identify, or hold himself out to be a police officer or a peace officer. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3, 1984: Ord. 5143 § 2; June 26, 1990.)

.010 Each member of the Corps designated by the Chief to perform patrol or related duties shall be issued at City expense and at no expense to him, items as follows:

A uniform which shall be identical to that issued to a regular police officer;

.0101 Equipment which shall include but not be limited to a firearm, a regulation police baton, a regulation belt and hoister, a helmet, all of which shall be identical to those issued to a regular police officer; and

.0102 Each item which shall be issued to a member shall remain and be the property of the City. Each member, at all times other than while serving as such, shall not wear, display, or carry, as the case may be, any item which has been issued to him unless so authorized by the Chief; nor shall any member carry a concealed firearm, except as duly authorized in the performance of his duties, unless he shall have qualified for and received a concealed weapons permit signed by the Chief.

.0103 An identification card which shall show him as being a member of the Police Reserve Corps, and a badge. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3, 1984.)

It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable in the manner provided in Section1.01.370, for any person not a member of the Corps:

.010 To wear, display, or carry, as the case may be, any items which shall have been issued to any member of the Corps; or

.020 To represent, identify or hold himself out, in any manner whatsoever to be a member of the Corps or to have any connection with the Corps. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3, 1984: Ord. 5618 § 1; October 21, 1997.)

.010 For the purposes of this section only, each member of the Corps shall be an employee of the City only while serving any assignment as a member or while receiving further training as such, and any person shall be an employee of the City only while receiving any required training to qualify to become a member of the Corps.

.020 If any such member or any such person were to suffer or sustain any illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course of his service or training while an employee of the City, as hereinabove limited, he shall be entitled to all of those Workers' Compensation benefits, no more or less, to which he, pursuant to the provisions of Division IV of the Labor Code of the State of California but only upon the conditions therein provided therefor, would be entitled if he were a regular police officer receiving a monthly salary as such.

.030 If any such member or any such person were to die as a result of any illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course of, his service or training while an employee of the City as hereinabove limited, those persons who, if the deceased had been a regular police officer receiving a monthly salary as such, would be entitled to any Workers' Compensation benefits, pursuant to the provisions of Division IV of the Labor Code of the State of California, shall be entitled, but only upon the conditions provided therefor in said Division IV, to the same such benefits, no more or no less. (Ord. 4515 § 1 (part); July 3,

1984.)

.010 The Technical Support Unit is hereby created and established as a unit of the Reserve Corps. The Unit shall consist of volunteer specialists who provide technical support services to the Police Department without compensation of any kind.

.020 Members of the Technical Support Unit need not meet the minimum selection and training requirements set forth by the Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training, but shall be selected based upon specialized technical skills acquired through education or training, or both, which are beneficial to the Department.

.030 Members of the Technical Support Unit are not sworn and do not engage in the prevention or detection of crime or the general enforcement of the laws of California. They do not have the status of a peace officer but may be issued suitable identification documents but not a badge.

.040 Members of the Technical Support Unit shall not be issued uniforms or the equipment normally carried by regular police officers. (Ord. 4708 § 1; April 29, 1986.)