Posted: 1/15/2004 8:04:25 PM EDT
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We are currently working on a proposal for a Reserve Officer Program at my department. We have the APOSTC rules and regulations on it. Now we are looking at the intial training for the reserve officers. If anyone is in charge of their department's program, we need your help. If we can get a copy of your reserve officer SOP, that would be great. Officer les Jackson is writing the proposal. Please email any ideas or policies to him at [email protected] We really appreciate any help. |
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Check out the Mass CJ Training Council program. It is our POST in PRM and they run two academies, one for regular POs and another (brief program) for Reserve/Intermittent POs. [url]http://www.state.ma.us/cjtc/[/url] Specific blurb about the Reserve/Intermittent training is found at: [url]http://www.state.ma.us/cjtc/reserve.htm[/url] I would contact one of the HQ guys/gals and get whatever info you can that might help you. I don't know anyone there any more, as I went thru the Reserve/Intermittent Academy back in the 1980s. BTW, I would do the above for a number of states, so you can put together the best of what each offers in your proposal. Good luck. |
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I am not sure what state you are in, therefore the role of reserves might be somewhat limited by various laws and training requirements. In Ohio Reserves are required to complete the same basic and in service requirements as full time officers. I employed about 8 to 10 reserves as a Chief and their role was no different than that of my full time officers except that they worked part time. They would be used to fill shift gaps for vacations, or days off when there were not enough of the full time folks to go around. This kept them pretty busy with most working at least one shift per week. Since retirement I joined the Sheriff's department as a reserve. My commitment is 16 hours per month. I usually do mine on road patrol. This department has roughly 40 reserve deputies. Most fit into the category of retired city, like myself, or Young kids looking for their first break with plans to move into FT positions as they become available. We have about 10 who are career reserves. That is, they have other full time employment, but have been long serving reserves with no intentions of ever going full time. I think that it is pretty simple, you keep your training and hiring standards the same as for full timers but perhaps a bit more flexible, recognizing that reserves may have other primary time obligations. ( our reserves train on weekends) or with sufficient advance warning to be able to adjust schedules for those schools that can't be done on weekends. A reserve program in general if properly administered can be a fantastic boon to a department. Particularly if you are able to pick up very senior experienced guys who have early retired from other agencies. We currently have two retired Chiefs a couple retired Sgts a retired detective and a number of retired officers all under 55 who are still contributing. Thats alot of experience not going to waste and a great resource to draw on in an emergency. As a reserve I have actually been sent in to sub for FTO with full time rookies. My hope and reason for doing it is to be of service. I would think most reserves are like minded and it is my intent to continue doing it until I am no longer physically able to. |
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Thought about participating in the RD (Reserve Deputy) program here in Lake County IL. Unfortunately, the RD's started as the Sherrif's citizen's patrol CB radio assn. in the early 70's, and, although modernized and improved, it still bears a stigma with the County Board. As an example, they had several RD's who were former LEO, or had paid their own way through the academy... many the 8 week class the regular SD deputies went through. Passed all their classes, and range certs. The county board (infinite wisdom) decided that the RD's could not carry ON DUTY, since they weren't "full time". Even those with state OK to do so. (This was even before the state eliminated the "part time" officer training hours exemption in the early 90's, BTW) I'm sorry, but I'm not going to drive in a car marked SD, wearing an almost identical uniform, and not have the means to defend myself in such a hi-viz position. Just chimin' in. Didn't mean to hijack. We now return you to your previously scheduled thread, already in progress. |