(A) Although each member of the Police Community Service Officer Program is a volunteer and receives no compensation for such service, nevertheless, while performing duly authorized activities in connection with this Program, such person shall be deemed to be an employee of the village for purposes of receiving worker’s compensation benefits from the village in accordance with the provisions of the State Worker’s Compensation Law, Public Act 317 of 1969, being M.C.L.A. §§ 418.101 et seq.
(B) If a police community service officer sustains an illness or injury covered by the Worker’s Compensation Law not caused by his or her intoxication or willful misconduct and not intentionally self-inflicted, which arises out of and in the course of the performance of his or her duties while acting under the direction of the Chief of Police or his or her designee during a regular assigned tour of duty, then for the purpose of computing the benefits to which such members or his or her dependent would be entitled on the date of injury, the member shall be considered to be receiving the state average weekly wage from the village, as last determined under § 355 of the Worker’s Compensation Act, Public Act 317 of 1969, being M.C.L.A. §§ 418.355 et seq.
(1984 Code, § 1-02-01-090) (Ord. 225, passed 8-11-1992)