For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
RESERVE POLICE OFFICER. A volunteer, non-regular, sworn member of a law enforcement agency who serves with or without compensation, has regular police powers while functioning as an agency’s representative and participates on a regular basis in the agency’s activities including those of crime prevention and control, preservation of the peace and enforcement of the law. RESERVE PEACE OFFICERS are vested with the same rights, privileges, obligations and duties as any other peace officers while in the actual performance of official duties.
(1999 Code, § 31.01)