§ 24-54. Benefits.

Members of the police reserve force shall serve without compensation. Uniforms and uniform compensation may be provided to the reserve police officers at the discretion of the chief of police. The uniform compensation shall be based solely upon the time served by the member of the police reserve while in training or in the performance of official duties. The city will not provide group hospital or group medical assistance to members of the police reserve who sustain injuries in the course of performing official duties. However, nothing in this section shall prevent or exclude such officers from receiving workers' compensation benefits from and through the city. Reserve officers shall be eligible for death benefits as set out in V.T.C.A., Government Code ch. 615; however, nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize or permit a member of the police reserve force to become eligible for participation in any pension fund created pursuant to state statute, of which regular officers may become a member by payroll deductions or otherwise. Reserve police officers shall act only in a supplementary capacity to the regular police force and shall in no case assume the full-time duties of regular police officers.

(Code 1978, § 20-46; Code 1993, § 58-66)