(A) Pursuant to the authority of G.S. § 160A-282, there is hereby established within the City of Goldsboro Police Department, as a division thereof, an auxiliary police division. The auxiliary police division shall be a volunteer division, whose members shall serve with nominal compensation, composed of as many members as may from time to time be determined by the Chief of Police and approved by the City Manager. The term "auxiliary" shall refer to and mean the same as the term "reserve".
(B) The Chief of Police of the city is hereby authorized to recruit, appoint, train, equip, organize, and utilize the services of the auxiliary police officers who shall be subject to the same supervision and control by the Chief of Police and subordinate commanding officers as regularly employed police officers while undergoing official training and while performing official duties on behalf of the city.
(C) Auxiliary police officers who have been duly appointed and sworn shall, while undergoing official training and while performing official duties on behalf of the city pursuant to orders or instructions of the Chief of Police or subordinate commanding officers, be entitled to all powers, privileges and immunities afforded by law to regularly employed police officers, including benefits under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act, to the same extent that regular employees of the city are entitled to the benefits of the act. For the purposes of determining the basis for workers' compensation payments to auxiliary police, such payments shall be based upon the entrance salary of a regular police patrol officer of the city at the time of injury to an auxiliary police officer. Auxiliary police officers shall not be entitled to any of the benefits provided for regular employees of the city except workers' compensation; provided, that this subchapter shall not in any manner affect the rights of any person to benefits provided by the state or by any act of Congress for civilian defense workers or auxiliary police officers.
(D) The Chief of Police is authorized to determine and establish uniform qualifications and regulations for the appointment, removal, and discipline of auxiliary police officers.
(Ord. 2022-58, passed 11-21-22)