The police reserve unit shall function under the immediate direction of the Chief of Police 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 municipal officers. After subscribing his or her oath of office, each member of the police reserve unit shall be issued an official commission card signed by the Chief of Police. This card shall be retained in the personal possession of the member at all times. 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 Police Department and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the Police Department; provided, however, that membership in the police reserve unit shall not constitute membership in the regularly constituted Police Department, nor shall any member of the police 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 Police Department nor to any other perquisite or emolument attaching to membership in the regularly constituted Police Department.
(Prior Code, § 11-46) (Ord. 1978-10, passed 1-18-1979)
Statutory reference:
Oath of municipal officers, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 3.1-15-20; §§ 4-4 et seq.