The Sheriff’s reserve unit shall function under the immediate direction of the Sheriff or in his or her absence, the senior officer on duty. Before entering upon his or her duties, each member shall take and subscribe to the same oath or affirmation as provided by the statutes to be taken and subscribed by all Sheriff’s officers. Except during any period of probation, members of the police reserve unit shall have all the powers and authority and shall be subject to all the duties of members of the regularly constituted Sheriff’s Department and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the Sheriff’s Department; provided, however, that membership in the Sheriff’s reserve unit shall not constitute membership in the regularly constituted Sheriff’s Department nor shall any member of the Sheriff’s reserve unit be entitled to any right or privilege of compensation, pension or any other similar right or privilege of members of the regularly constituted Sheriff’s Department nor to any other prerequisite or emolument attaching to membership in said regularly constituted Sheriff’s Department.
(BC Ord. 82-1, passed 3-1-1982)