Subd. 1. Establishment. There is hereby created within the Police Department a police reserve which shall consist of such number of volunteer members as the Council deems necessary. The police reserve shall be under the control and supervision of the Chief of Police. Members of the police reserve shall be appointed by the Council and may be removed by it at any time. They shall serve under the direction of the superior officers of the regular police force and such others as the Chief may appoint from their own number.
Subd. 2. Duties. When assigned to duty by the Chief of Police, each police reserve member shall have the same authority, duties, and obligations as regular members of the Police Department, including the authority to issue citations except as restricted in Subd. 5 below. Individual members may be used as deemed necessary by the Chief of Police, but the entire police reserve shall not be called to duty except upon order of the Mayor.
Subd. 3. Oath, Insignia. Each police member shall take the oath prescribed by M.S. § 358.05, as it may be amended from time to time. Each member shall be issued a badge, suitable items of clothing, and such other insignia or evidence of identification as the Chief of Police may prescribe. Upon termination of membership, a member shall surrender to the city all city property issued to the member.
Subd. 4. Personnel Rules. Personnel code sections and rules applicable to regular employees of the city do not apply to members of the police reserve, but each such member shall be covered as a city employee under the workers’ compensation insurance policy of the city.
Subd. 5. Other Restrictions. No member of the police reserve shall exercise any authority over the persons or property of others without displaying identification as such member. No police reserve member shall make arrests upon a warrant unless accompanied by a regular police officer. Only police reserve members shall use such identification or otherwise represent themselves to be members of the police reserve. No police reserve member shall carry any firearm while on duty except as specifically authorized by the Police Chief.