POLICE RESERVE CORPS

Los Angeles Administrative Code div. 22, ch. 11, art. 4

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Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.227 Establishment of the Police Reserve Corps.

Sec. 22.227. Establishment of the Police Reserve Corps. A Police Reserve Corps is created and established as an organization, which shall be composed of persons who shall have been appointed and sworn in as members of the Corps by the Chief of Police or by a Deputy Chief of Police designated by the Chief for this purpose. The number of members of the Corps may be increased, but not to exceed 200 during any fiscal year commencing with the Fiscal Year 1968-69 and shall not exceed 2,000 at any time. Within these limitations, the Chief of Police shall have the authority to determine the number of Reserve Officers in the Reserve categories of Level I, Level II or Level III, and in the Chaplain-Counselor Corps. Any person regardless of gender shall be eligible to qualify to become members and, for this purpose, words of the masculine gender, wherever used in this Article, shall include the feminine gender. Members shall be volunteer workers only and shall not be, or be deemed to be, employees of the City or of the Police Department for any purpose other than for the purposes of Section 22.233 of this Article and shall serve gratuitously except as provided in Section 22.230 of this Article. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 137,603. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,536, Eff. 11-6-00; Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06; Ord. No. 181,900, Eff. 11-14-11.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.228 Chief of Police to Have Authority and Control Over Corps.

Sec. 22.228. Chief of Police to Have Authority and Control Over Corps. The Chief, subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this article, shall have complete authority and control over the Corps and its members and may delegate the exercise thereof, in whole or in part, to any of the Chief’s subordinates. The Chief or any of the Chief’s subordinates whom the Chief shall have designated therefore may establish, by order which may be changed from time to time, rules and regulations governing the Corps and its members, providing for the maintenance of discipline and the assigning of each member to perform police duties in a patrol car, in traffic control, in crowd control or in specialized assignments. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 137,603. Amended by: Ord. No. 166,421, Eff. 12-30-90; Renumbered From Former Sec. 22.229, Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.228.1 Members of the Police Reserve Corps May Serve as Chaplain - Counselors. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 147,318, Eff. 6-20-75. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,536, Eff. 11-6-00. Repealed by Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.228.2 Members of Police Reserve Corps May Serve as Technical Reserve Officers or Specialist Reserve Officers. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 152,913, Eff. 10-19-79. Amended by: Third paragraph, Ord. No. 158,428, Eff. 11-26-83; Subsec. (a) In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,623, Eff. 8-28-95; Ord. No. 173,536, Eff. 11-6-00. Repealed by Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.229 Qualifications for Members in Corps.

Sec. 22.229. Qualifications for Members in Corps. The Board of Police Commissioners, with the assistance of the Department of Personnel, shall establish the requirements to be met by persons to qualify to become members of the Corps. These requirements shall include, but need not be limited to physical, mental, aptitude, personality inventory and character standards, and any training requirements of these persons established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or in the discretion of the Board, higher standards and training requirements. It shall be the duty of the Chief to provide the training for these persons and also any further training for members, which the Chief or the Board may deem to be necessary or desirable. Whenever all of the requirements to qualify to become a member shall have been met by any person and the person shall have certified in writing that the person has read the provisions of this article, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 14 of this division, and the provisions of Section 1206 of the City Charter, the person may be appointed and sworn in as a member by the Chief or by a Deputy Chief of Police designated by the Chief for such purpose. However, the Chief or any such designated Deputy Chief, with or without cause therefor, need not appoint and swear in any particular person as a member. Any person who shall be a member on the effective date of this article may be continued as such only if the person shall be certified in writing that the person has read the ordinance and City Charter provisions referred to in the next preceding paragraph. The Chief, with or without cause therefor, may terminate any member at any time and any member may resign as such at any time by written notification thereof to the Chief. Any member who shall cease to be such shall surrender, at the time the member shall cease to be such, all property of the City which shall have been issued to the member pursuant to the provisions of this article or otherwise. The Chief, by order, any either decrease the number of members of the Corps or, subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this article, increase the number of members thereof. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 137,603. Amended by: Second Para. Repealed, Third Para. Amended, Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; Ord. No. 173,536, Eff. 11-6-00; Ord. No. 173,782, Eff. 3-29-01; Renumbered From Former Sec. 22.228 and First Para. Amended, Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.230 Duties and Compensation.

Sec. 22.230. Duties and Compensation. (a) Each member of the Corps shall serve in an assignment for at least 32 hours every two deployment periods, for which the member shall be paid a sum commensurate with the member’s Reserve Corps Level as reimbursement for expenses, and not as salary, wages or compensation for services rendered. Level I, Level II and Level III Reserve Officers shall be paid the sum of $50.00 per deployment period. The City shall furnish each Level Reserve Officer with a police uniform and with all equipment necessary for the performance of the officer’s assigned duties. (b) [None.] (c) [None.] (d) Each member who has been deputized or appointed and qualified as a Level I Reserve Officer pursuant to Penal Code sections 830.6(a)(2) and 832.6(a)(1), and who is assigned to the prevention and detection of crime and general enforcement of the laws of the State, shall have the full powers, authority and duty of a peace officer as provided by Penal Code section 830.1, subject to restrictions as may be imposed by the Chief of Police. (e) Each member who has been deputized or appointed and qualified and serving as a Level II Reserve Officer pursuant to Penal Code section 832.6(a)(2), or as a Level III Reserve Officer pursuant to Penal Code section 832.6(a)(3) shall have the power, authority and duty of a peace officer except as may be restricted by the Chief of Police. However, at no other time shall that member: (1) have the status as a police officer or as a peace officer; (2) have any power, authority or duty as a police officer or as a peace officer; or (3) represent, identify or hold themself out to be a police officer or a peace officer. Level III Reserve Officers shall not be assigned patrol duties, but may be assigned limited duties including traffic control, security at parades and sporting events, report taking, evidence and prisoner transportation, parking enforcement, and other duties that are not likely to result in physical arrests. (f) Each member who has been designated by the Chief of Police as a chaplain-counselor shall serve or be on-call as scheduled by the Chief of Police, and shall be paid the sum of $10.00 per deployment period as reimbursement for expenses and not as salary, wages or compensation for services rendered. Requirements for qualification and standards of training shall be established by the Board of Police Commissioners. Members assigned as chaplain- counselors shall be assigned to counseling or ceremonial duties and shall not be assigned to perform police patrol duties with a regular member of the Police Department, or engage in traffic or crowd control. The City shall furnish members designated as chaplain-counselors with clothing and identification cards, which identify them as chaplain-counselors and which are distinct from clothing and identification cards furnished to members of the Reserve Corps. No member designated and serving as a chaplain-counselor shall wear, display or carry a firearm unless they have independent status as a Level I, Level II or Level III Reserve Officer. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 137,603. Amended by: 1st paragraph, Ord. No. 151,359, Eff. 9-25-78; In Entirety, Ord. No. 158,428, Eff. 11-26-83; Subsec. (a) In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,623, Eff. 8-28-95; In Entirety, Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06; former Subsec. (f) deleted and former Subsec. (g) renumbered and amended, Ord. No. 181,900, Eff. 11-14-11.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.231 Uniform and Equipment.

Sec. 22.231. Uniform and Equipment. Each member of the Corps shall be issued, at City expense and at no expense to the member, items as follows: (1) a uniform which shall be identical to that issued to a regular police officer; (2) equipment, which shall include but need not be limited to a firearm, a regulation police baton, a regulation Sam Browne belt and holster, a cap piece and a badge, all of which shall be identical to those issued to a regular police officer; and (3) an identification card which shall show the individual as being a member. Each member, while serving as a member, shall wear, display or carry every item which has been issued to the person as a member, except that no member other than a Level I Reserve Officer shall carry any firearm unless the member has qualified for and receive a gun permit signed by the Chief. No member, at times other than while serving as a member, shall wear, display or carry any such item, except with the permission of the Chief of Police. Each item which shall be issued to a member, whether or not hereinabove mentioned, shall remain and be the property of the City. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 137,603. Amended by: Ord. No. 147,522, Eff. 8-25-75; In Entirety, Ord. No. 158,428, Eff. 11-26-83; Subsec. (2), Ord. No. 177,374, Eff. 4-9-06.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.232 False Impersonation.

Sec. 22.232. False Impersonation. It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed $500.00, or both, for any person, not a member of the Corps: (1) To wear, display or carry, as the case may be, any item which shall have been issued to any member of the Corps; (2) To represent, identify or hold themself out, in any manner whatsoever, to be a member of the Corps or to have any connection with the Corps. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 137,603. Amended by: Ord. No. 139,315, Eff. 10-29-69.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.233 Worker’s Compensation Benefits.

Sec. 22.233. Worker’s Compensation Benefits. For the purposes of this section only, each member of the Corps shall be an employee of the City only while serving any assigned shift as a member or while receiving further training as such, and any person shall be an employee of the City only while receiving any required training to become a member of the Corps. If any such member or any such person were to suffer or sustain any illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course of, the member’s or person’s service or training while an employee of the City, as hereinabove limited, the member or person shall be entitled to all of those Workers’ Compensation benefits, no more or no less, to which the member or person, pursuant to the provisions of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California but only upon the conditions therein provided therefor, would be entitled if the member or person were a regular police officer receiving a monthly salary as such, provided, however, where such injury or illness occurs in the course of such member’s activities as a disaster service worker, as provided for in Chapter 10 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the provisions of that chapter with respect to compensation shall be controlling. If any such member or any such person were to die as a result of any illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course of, the member’s or person’s service or training while an employee of the City, as hereinabove limited, those persons who, if the deceased had been a regular police officer receiving a monthly salary as such, would be entitled to any Workers’ Compensation benefits, pursuant to the provisions of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, shall be entitled, but only upon the conditions provided therefor in said Division 4, to the same such benefits, no more or no less, provided however, where the illness or injury proximately causing the death of such member occurs in the course of said member’s activities as a disaster service worker, as provided for in Chapter 10 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the provisions of that chapter with respect to compensation shall be controlling. SECTION HISTORY Based on. No. 137,603. Amended by: Ord. No. 149,321, Eff. 3-1-77.

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