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326.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The Garden Grove Police Department Reserve Unit was established to supplement and assist
regular sworn police officers in their duties. This unit provides professional, sworn reserve officers
who can augment regular staffing levels.
326.2 SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF POLICE RESERVE OFFICERS
The Garden Grove Police Department shall endeavor to recruit and appoint to the Reserve Unit
only those applicants who meet the high ethical, moral and professional standards set forth by
this department.
326.2.1 PROCEDURE
All applicants shall be required to meet and pass the same pre-employment procedures as regular
police officers before appointment.
Before appointment to the Police Reserve Unit, an applicant must have completed, or be in the
process of completing, a POST approved basic academy or extended basic academy.
326.2.2 APPOINTMENT
Applicants who are selected for appointment to the Police Reserve Unit shall, on the
recommendation of the Chief of Police, be sworn in by the Chief of Police and take a loyalty oath to
observe and obey all of the laws of the land and to carry out their duties to the best of their ability.
326.2.3 COMPENSATION FOR POLICE RESERVE OFFICERS
Reserve officers are considered part-time, at-will employees. They are identified and
compensated under the part-time schedule by resolution of City Council.
Reserve officers, while on duty, are completely covered for any medical treatment arising from
any sustaining on-duty injury and are covered by California Labor Code 4458.2for temporary and
permanent disability indemnity.
The City of Garden Grove is self-insured and provides liability coverage for all employees,
including reserve officers while they are on duty.
All reserve officer appointees are issued uniforms and all designated attire and safety equipment.
All property issued to the reserve officer shall be returned to the Department upon termination,
resignation or retirement. Reserves shall receive replacement uniforms and safety equipment as
needed, equal to that of regular officers.
326.2.4 EMPLOYEES WORKING AS RESERVE OFFICERS
Qualified employees of this department, when authorized, may also serve as reserve officers.
However, the Department must not utilize the services of a reserve or volunteer in such a way that it
would violate employment laws or labor agreements (e.g., a detention officer working as a reserve
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Resources prior to an employee serving in a reserve or volunteer capacity (29 CFR 553.30).
326.3 DUTIES OF RESERVE OFFICERS
Reserve officers assist regular officers in the enforcement of laws and in maintaining peace
and order within the community. Assignments of reserve officers will usually be to augment
the Community Policing Bureau. Reserve officers may be assigned to other areas within the
Department as needed. Reserve officers are required to work a minimum of 16 hours per month.
326.3.1 POLICY COMPLIANCE
Police reserve officers shall be required to adhere to all department policies and procedures.
A copy of the policies and procedures will be made available to each reserve officer upon
appointment and he/she shall become thoroughly familiar with these policies.
Whenever a rule, regulation, or guideline in this manual refers to a sworn regular police officer, it
shall also apply to a sworn reserve officer unless by its nature it is inapplicable.
326.3.2 RESERVE OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS
All reserve officers will be assigned to duties by the Reserve Coordinator or his/her designee.
326.3.3 RESERVE COORDINATOR
The Chief of Police shall delegate the responsibility for administering the Reserve Officer Program
to a Reserve Coordinator. The Reserve Coordinator is the sworn recruitment officer assigned to
the Professional Standards Division. The Reserve Coordinator will perform duties as assigned
by the Professional Standards Division Training Sergeant and act as an intermediary between
reserve officers and staff personnel.
The Reserve Coordinator shall have the responsibility of, but not be limited to:
(a)Assignment of reserve personnel
(b)Conducting reserve meetings
(c)Establishing and maintaining a reserve call-out roster
(d)Maintaining and ensuring performance evaluations are completed
(e)Monitoring individual reserve officer performance
(f)Monitoring overall Reserve Program
(g)Maintaining liaison with other agency Reserve Coordinators
326.3.4 RESERVE SERGEANT
The Reserve Sergeant is assigned to the Administrative Services Bureau and reports to the
Professional Standards Division Manager on reserve personnel matters. The reserve Sergeant
shall have functional supervision of the Reserve Officer Program and all reserve officers.
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DepartmentReserve Officers - 3326.4 FIELD TRAINING
Newly appointed reserve officers will complete the same Field Training Program a full-time police
officer would complete within the first 18 months of appointment. This is to allow for part-time
training. See the Field Training Program manual for additional details.
Once a Level I Reserve Officer has successfully completed the Field Training Program, they may
apply for special authorization to work as a solo police officer.
Once a Level II Reserve Officer has successfully completed the Field Training Program, they will