A special police force is subject to the orders of the mayor and shall perform the duties required by the mayor. Acts 1987, 70th Leg. Sept. 1, 1987. The governing body of a municipality may provide for the establishment of a police reserve force. The chief of police shall appoint the members of the reserve force.
Members serve at the chief's discretion.
The chief of police may call the reserve force into service at any time the chief considers it necessary to have additional officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law. On approval of the appointment of a member who is not a peace officer as described by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, the person appointed may carry a weapon only when authorized to do so by the chief of police and only when discharging official duties as a peace officer. On approval of the appointment of a member who is a peace officer as described by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, the chief of police may authorize the person appointed to carry a weapon or act as a peace officer at all times, regardless of whether the person is engaged in the actual discharge of official duties, or may limit the authority of the person to carry a weapon or act as a peace officer to only those times during which the person is engaged in the actual discharge of official duties. This section does not limit the authority of the mayor of a Type A general-law municipality to summon a special police force under Section 341.011. Acts 1987, 70th Leg.