(A) Authority.
(1) The Board of Commissioners, under, and pursuant to, the authority delegated by the General Assembly of the State, 1975 Acts, Pub. Law No. 205, and I.C. 19-1-17.5, including any amendments thereto, do hereby adopt this section establishing the County Sheriff’s Police Reserves.
(2) It is hereby intended that Acts 1975, Pub. Law No. 205, and I.C. 19-1-17.5 be hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.
(B) Establishment. There is hereby created a position within the County Sheriff’s Police Force to be known as the County Sheriff’s Police Reserves, hereinafter referred to as “Police Reserves.”
(1) The number of Police Reserves shall not exceed 75 persons.
(2) Police Reserves shall not be members of the regular County Sheriff’s Police Force, but Police Reserves shall have the same police powers as such regular members, except as such police powers may be limited by rules adopted and promulgated by the County Sheriff’s Merit Board.
(3) Service of Police Reserves shall be subject to those rules and regulations as may be hereafter adopted and promulgated by the County Sheriff’s Merit Board.
(C) Appointment.
(1) Police Reserves shall be appointed by that authority which presently is, or may hereafter be, vested with the power to appoint regular members of the County Sheriff’s Department.
(2) No Police Reserve shall be appointed until the individual has completed such Training Program and probationary period as may be hereafter established pursuant to division (B)(3) above.
(D) Benefits and compensation.
(1) Police Reserves shall not participate in any Pension Program which is provided for regular members of the County Sheriff’s Department, and shall not receive compensation, except as may otherwise be provided in this section.
(2) (a) To the extent of appropriations by the County Council, Police Reserves may receive an allowance, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of defraying uniform cleaning costs.
(b) Police Reserves may receive such allowance; provided that at the time of such semi-annual disbursement, a Police Reserve must be a current, scheduled member of the County Sheriff’s Police Reserves and must have completed six months of duty.
(Ord. 79-I-1979, passed 3-5-1979)