(A) An auxiliary reserve police force which shall be separate and distinct from the regular Police Department, is hereby established pursuant to and consistent with 11 O.S. § 34-101 and is to be known as the Reserve Police Force.
(B) The Reserve Police Force shall be headed by the Chief of Police, subject at all times to the actual management, control and supervision of the City Manager. The Chief of Police may from time to time appoint a regular, full-time police officer to command and coordinate the activities of the Reserve Police Force consistent with local, federal and state law, the City Charter, the city code, ordinances, city rules, regulations and procedures and Police Department rules, regulations and procedures.
(C) (1) The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed, pursuant to and consistent with state law, to appoint from time to time qualified individuals to serve as reserve municipal police officers in the Reserve Police Force on a part-time basis, for not more than 25 hours per calendar week, with the express prior written approval of the City Manager of each reserve police officer. The Reserve Police Force shall be limited at all times to no more than 20 reserve police officers. The Chief of Police is further authorized and directed to suspend, discipline, demote, remove and terminate reserve police officers upon approval of the City Manager. Reserve police officers shall have the powers, duties and functions as set forth in law or ordinance for regular full-time police officers and shall perform their duties only while on authorized duty.
(2) To qualify for membership at any time as a reserve police officer, all persons must at all times meet the minimum requirements of 11 O.S. § 34-101 (B) on reserve municipal police officers, the minimum requirements of 70 O.S. § 3311 on the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training and any other minimum requirement(s) developed, instituted or required from time to time by the state.
(3) To further qualify for membership at any and all times as a reserve police officer, all persons must at all times maintain their actual residence within the county or within a 30-minute driving distance of the Police Station of the Police Department calculated by driving at all times within posted speed limits.
(4) Former regular full-time police officers who voluntarily retired or voluntarily resigned their employment with the city while not on disciplinary probation or facing disciplinary action at the time of their resignation and who are otherwise qualified, are eligible to apply to serve as reserve police officers.
(5) No person(s) who is at any time then-employed by the city on a full-time or a part- time basis is eligible for consideration or appointment as a reserve police officer. Certain personnel in the city Fire Department, for the purposes of Fire Marshal/investigation duties and/or specialized response team duties (SRT/SWAT), shall be eligible for appointment as reserve police officers.
(D) (1) No person appointed as a reserve police officer shall serve for an indefinite or unlimited term but rather are limited to a term not to exceed two years at a time, which term may be extended or renewed upon the written request of a reserve police officer who verifies in writing that he or she continues to meet all of the requirements hereof, upon verification of the accuracy of the written request, review and express prior written approval of the Chief of Police and the City Manager.
(2) Any reserve police officer may at any time resign and if so, he or she shall notify the Chief of Police in writing of the resignation.
(E) The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to develop, establish, implement, amend and maintain or cause to be developed, established, implemented, amended and maintained, a uniform policy in writing on the Reserve Police Force consistent with federal, state and local law, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, to take all steps or actions necessary or convenient to ensure that the written policy is at all times consistent with federal, state and local law, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, and to take all steps or actions necessary or convenient to ensure that the written policy is at all times uniformly and consistently followed.
(Ord. 3006, passed 2-20-96; Am. Ord. 3293, passed 8-2-16)