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ORD 246 09/15/1977 0 • wiii ORDINANCE NO. 2)46 , AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A POLICE RESERVE FORCE AND ADOPT- ING THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 998a, VERNON'S ANNOTATRD TEXAS STATUTES, AND SETTING FORTH THE CONDITIONS CONCERNING THE ESf TABLISHING OF SUCH POLICE RESERVE FORCE AND ITS ACTIVITIES. BE IT ORDAED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.CIBOLO, TEXAS: I. The Chief of Police of the City of Cibolo, Texas, is hereby empowered to establish a police reserve force, not to exceed 15 in number. II. The Chief of Police shall insure that all members of the po- lice reserve force shall be trained in law enforcement fundamentals in accordance with Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education for Reserve Forces. Members of the police reserve force shall serve without compen- sation unless specifically authorized by the City Council. III. No person appointed by the Chief of Police as part of the po- lice reserve may carry a weapon or otherwise att as a police officer until he has been approved by the City Council. After approval, he may carry a weapon only when authorized by the Chief of Police, and only when discharging official duties as a duly constituted peace officer. IV. Members of the police reserve force are to serve at the discre- tion of the Chief of Police and may be called into service at any time the Chief of Police, or in his absence the Assistant Chief of Police considers it necessary to have additional officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law. V. Reserve police officers shall act only in a supplementary capa- city to the regular police force and shall, in no case, assume the full time duties of regular police officers without first complying with all requirements for such regular police officers and only then upon the ex- press approval of the City Council of the City of Cibolo, Texas. VI. Nothing herin contained shall limit the powers of the Mayor given him by State Law, if any, to summon into service a special police force under the general statutes of the State of Texas. PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 15 day of September , 1977 . 1 It IIgN'id -atime:A.Kir, _if (7oR r ATTEST: VS ' ECRETARtY"