Buena Park Municipal Code Ch. 2.28 Police and Police Reserves

Pursuant to Section 13522 of Chapter 1 of Title 4, Part 4 of the Penal Code of the state, the city, while receiving aid from the state pursuant to such Chapter 1, will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(Prior code § 21-1.1)

While receiving any state aid pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 7 of Part 3 (commencing with Section 6040) of the California Penal Code, the city will adhere to the standards for selection and training established by the Board of Corrections of the state of California.

(Ord. 1263 § 2, 1991)

A reserve police force is created.

(Prior code § 21-7)

The reserve police force shall be a volunteer organization, composed of not more than fifty members, separate and distinct from the police department of the city. The compensation, if any, for members of the reserve police force shall be fixed by the city council by resolution.

(Prior code § 21-8)

The members of the reserve police force shall be appointed by the police chief. No person shall be deemed a member of the reserve police force until he or she has been registered as such in a roster to be kept by the chief of the police department and until he or she has taken his or her oath that he or she will observe and obey the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this state and the laws of this nation, this state and the city, and that he or she will carry out the duties of a member of the reserve police force of the city to the best of his or her ability.

(Prior code § 21-9; amended during 1990 codification)

The chief of police shall have complete authority, control and command, subject to the provisions of this chapter, over the reserve police force. He or she shall provide for the training of candidates for membership, and for the further training of members.

(Prior code § 21-10)

The duties of the reserve police shall be to assist the regular members of the police department in the enforcement of the law and maintenance of peace and order. The members of the reserve police force shall be guided in the performance of their duties by the rules and regulations to govern the reserve police force to be established by the city council by resolution. The chief of police may prescribe other duties than those mentioned herein to be performed by the reserve police force, not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

(Prior code § 21-11)

An identification card and such other insignia or evidence of identity as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations to govern the reserve police force shall be issued to each member of the reserve police force, who shall carry the card and other identification at all times while on duty, and he or she shall surrender them upon the termination of his or her membership.

(Prior code § 21-12)

The membership of any person in the reserve police force may be terminated at any time, and any member may resign from the reserve police force at any time, but it shall be his or her duty to notify the police chief of his or her resignation.

(Prior code § 21-13; amended during 1990 codification)

In addition to the penalties provided by law, any violation of law under color of the performance of his or her duties as a member of the reserve police force, and any breach of the rules and regulations established by the city council or the chief of police, shall subject any member to summary expulsion. The fact of such expulsion may be published at the order of the chief of police.

(Prior code § 21-14)

A member of the reserve police force may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant or may arrest without a warrant:

A. Whenever he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a public offense in his or her presence;

B. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his or her presence;

C. Whenever he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a felony, whether or not a felony has in fact been committed.

(Prior code § 21-16)