(A) In addition to regular full-time municipal police officers there shall be established an Auxiliary Police Reserve for the town as deemed necessary by the town’s Trustees. Members of the Auxiliary Police Reserve shall be appointed by the Chief of Police subject to approval and confirmation by the town’s Trustees.
(B) Auxiliary Police Reserve officers shall have the powers, duties, and functions as set forth by law or ordinance for regular full time municipal police officers as long as members of the auxiliary Police Reserve are under the supervision of a commissioned municipal police officer.
(C) Auxiliary Police Reserve officers shall have no powers of arrest and shall not carry firearms while such police reserve officers are not on uniformed duty or as directed by a commissioned peace officer by the state.
(D) Auxiliary Police Reserve officers shall not receive financial compensation but shall be strictly volunteers. Nothing in this section is intended to exclude donations from private parties to the Police Department to be used for purposes of training both commissioned and auxiliary police officers.
(E) Auxiliary Police Reserve officers shall perform their duties no less than 16 hours per week and no more than 25 hours per week. All such Auxiliary Police Reserve officers must meet the minimum requirements of the state statutes.
(Prior Code, § 13-204)