(A) Created.
(1) A Police Reserve Organization for the city is hereby created which shall be a voluntary organization and which is hereby specifically excluded from the civil service or the personnel system of the city.
(2) The organization shall be known as the San Gabriel Police Reserve Organization. ('65 Code, § 2-6.01)
(B) Members; compensation. The compensation, if any, for members of the Police Reserve Organization shall be fixed by the Council by resolution. ('65 Code, § 2-6.02)
(C) Members; appointment, registration and qualifications.
(1) The members of the Police Reserve Organization shall be appointed by the Police Chief.
(2) No person shall be deemed a member of the Police Reserve Organization until that member has been registered as such in a roster to be kept by the Police Chief, and until that person has taken his oath that he will observe and obey the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State, and the laws of the United States, the state, and the city, and that he is not now nor at any time has been a member of any organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States by force or violence, and that he will carry out the duties of a member of the Police Reserve Organization to the best of his ability. ('65 Code, § 2-6.03)
(D) Duties of Police Chief. The Police Chief shall have complete authority, control and command, subject to the provisions of this chapter and subject to the approval of the City Manager and the Council, over the Police Reserve Organization. He shall provide for the training of candidates for membership and for the further training of members. ('65 Code, § 2-6.04)
(E) Duties of members. The duties of the Police Reserve Organization shall be to assist the Police Chief and the regular members of the Police Department of the city in the enforcement of the law and maintenance of peace and order and to perform such other duties as may be provided by city ordinances or such duties as may be prescribed by the Police Chief at any time for the general welfare of the Police Department and the city. ('65 Code, § 2-6.05)
(F) Identification cards and insignia of members. An identification card and such other insignia or evidence of identity as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations or by city ordinance to govern the Police Reserve Organization shall be issued to each member, who shall carry the card and other identification at all times while on duty, and who shall surrender them upon the termination of his membership. ('65 Code, § 2-6.06)
(G) Termination of membership. The membership of any person may be terminated by the Police Chief at any time, and any member may resign from the Police Reserve Organization at any time, but it shall be his duty to notify the Police Chief of his resignation. Upon the termination of membership, whether voluntary or not, it shall be the duty of the member to return any and all equipment, paraphernalia, identification or badge. ('65 Code, § 2-6.07)
(H) Grounds for summary expulsion of members. In addition to the penalties provided by law, any violation of law under color of the performance of his duties as a member of the Police Reserve Organization or any breach of the rules and regulations established by the Police Chief shall subject any members to summary expulsion. ('65 Code, § 2-6.08)
(I) Wearing or carrying of insignia or cards by nonmembers
prohibited. No person shall wear, carry or display any Police Reserve Organization identification card or insignia, or otherwise represent himself to be connected with the Police Reserve Organization, unless he in fact is a member thereof. ('65 Code, § 2-6.09)
(Ord. 85-C.S., passed - - ) Penalty, see § 10.99