Subchapter 1.16 — Police Training Public Safety

Dispatcher Standards, and Reserve Police Officers

The Town of Colma declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the State of California under the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 4, Part 4 of the California Penal Code.

[History: formerly § 2.201; ORD. 296, 4/11/84; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]

Pursuant to Section 13522 of said Chapter 1, the Town of Colma will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

[History: formerly § 2.202; ORD. 296, 4/11/84; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]

Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 13510(c), the Town of Colma will adhere to standards for recruitment and training of Public Safety Dispatchers established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

[History: formerly § 2.203; ORD. 414, 6/13/90; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]

The Chief of Police, or his/her designee, shall be responsible for regularly reviewing and maintaining POST standards for recruitment and training in order to insure compliance with these standards.

[History: formerly § 2.204; ORD. 414, 06/13/90; ORD 638, 12/14/05]

Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 13512, POST and its representatives may make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by POST to ascertain that the Town of Colma's public safety dispatcher personnel adhere to the standards for selection and training it has established.

[History: formerly § 2.205; ORD. 414, 06/13/90; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]

(a) A police reserve force is established in the Town of Colma. The Chief of Police, or his or her designee, is hereby empowered to deputize or appoint qualified persons as reserve police officers pursuant to Sections 830.6 and 832.6 of the Penal Code. Qualifying persons may be appointed to the position of reserve police officer in the following categories pursuant to

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California Penal Code Section 832.6: Level I Reserve Police Officer, Level II Reserve Police Officer or Level III Reserve Police Officer.

(b) Those persons deputized or appointed by the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, as a “designated” Level I Reserve Police Officer as provided by California Penal Code Section 830.6(a)(2), shall have the full powers and duties of a peace officer as provided in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code. Any reserve police officer within the Level I Reserve Police Officer job classification not appointed as “designated” is a “nondesignated” Level I Reserve Police Officer as provided by California Penal Code Section 830.6(a)(1). The authority of “nondesignated” Level I Reserve Police Officers shall extend only for the duration of assignment to specific police functions, as determined by the chief of police.

[History: ORD. 775, 1/10/18]

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CHAPTER ONE: ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS