(A) There is hereby created a Police Reserve Unit which shall be known and designated as the Reserve Police Unit of the city and hereinafter referred to as “the Unit”.
(B) The Unit shall consist of no more than six persons, nor less than four persons, each of whom shall be subject to the same physical, mental, age, and residential requirements as members of the regularly constituted Police Department of the city.
(C) Members of the Unit shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Common Council and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Common Council. Any member may at any time, with or without cause, with or without a hearing, be discharged by the Mayor and Common Council.
(D) To the extent that funds for the following are appropriated, members of the Unit may: receive a uniform allowance; receive compensation for time lost from other employment because of court appearances; and be insured for life, accident, and sickness coverage. This shall not imply any duty by the city to appropriate any funds for the above.
(E) The members of the Unit shall have the same police powers as members of the regularly constituted Police Department of the city; provided, however, that the members of the Unit shall have such powers only when on duty pursuant to the call of the Chief of Police. The call may be either by arrangement of normal duty hours which may be assigned by the Chief of Police or by the activation of the Unit or any member thereof by the Chief of Police in an emergency.
(F) The Chief of Police shall determine the program for training members of the Unit. The Unit may adopt its own bylaws and rules and regulations with the approval of the Mayor and Common Council and may amend the same thereafter only with the approval of the Mayor and Common Council. Such bylaws, rules, and regulations shall be subordinate at all times to the ordinances of the city and the rules and regulations of the Chief of Police and orders of the Mayor.
(G) The Unit shall have a Chief and a Sergeant who shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Common Council. The Chief shall at all times be subordinate to the Chief of Police.
(H) Promptly after being appointed and prior to taking the oath of office, each member of the Unit shall execute and deliver to the Clerk-Treasurer an instrument in a form approved by the City Attorney releasing the city from all liability for any injury or death of such member in the line of duty as a member of the Unit.
(2003 Code, § 2.16.060) (Ord. 1979-1, passed 1-2-1979)