.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.)