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RESOLUTION NO. 985
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICE RESERVE FOR THE
CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of the Town of Los
Altos Hills , County of Santa Clara, State of California, that
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos
Hills desires to create a Police Reserve,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY FOUND, ORDERED and DETERMINED
as follows:
1. The Public safety and welfare require the creation of a
police reserve to assist the Chief of Police.
2 . The Los Altos Hills Police Reserve is hereby created and
shall consist of a maximum of three (3) Police Reserve members.
3 . The rules for appointment and termination of members and
the duties and powers of the members are as follows :
(a) The members of the police reserve shall be appointed
by the city manager on recommendation of the Chief of Police. The
Chief of Police shall, by rule, prescribe the qualifications and
standards by which applicants for membership in said reserve shall
be governed, and which shall be approved by the City Manager.
(b) No person shall be deemed a member of the police
reserve until such member has been registered as such in a roster
to be kept by the Chief of Police, and until he has taken his oath
of office.
(c) The compensation, if any, for members of the police
reserve shall be fixed by the City Council by resolution.
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(d) Members shall, subject to approval by the City
Manager, perform only such public service as may be specifically
ordered by the Chief of Police.
(e) The Chief of Police shall have complete authority,
control and command over the Police Reserve subject to the approval
of the City Council. The Chief of Police shall provide for the
training of candidates for membership, and for the further training
of members.
(f) The duties of members shall be to assist the Chief
of Police in the enforcement of the law and maintenance of peace
and order and to perform such other duties asmay be provided by
the City' s ordinances or such duties as may beprescribed by the
Chief of Police at any time for the general welfare of the City.
(g) While on duty, in the enforcement of the penal laws
or other laws of the State or ordinances of the City and in the
performance of such other duties as may be designated by the Chief,
every _duly authorized member of the reserve shall be deemed to have
all the powers of a peace officer.
(h) Members suffering injury arising out of and in the
course of duties assigned to them by the Chief of Police are entitled
to such benefits as the Town of Los Altos Hills may, by resolution,
provide, and to such benefits as said members shall beentitled under
the Workmen' s Compensation Law of the State of California.
(i) The uniform, badge, and equipment, to be worn and
carried by the members, shall be prescribed by the Chief of Police.
(j ) The membership of any person may be terminated by the
City Manager upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police at any
time. Any member may resign from the police reserve at any time,
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but it shall be his duty to notify the Chief of Police of his resig-
nation.
(k) In addition to the penalties provided by law, any
violation of law under color of th e performance of his duties as a
member of the police reserve or any breach of the rules and regu-
lations established by the Chief of Police shallsubject any members
to summary expulsion.
REGULARLY passed and adopted this 5 day of August, 1976 .
Mayor
ATTEST:
y Clerk
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