Reserve Police Officer

An ordinance to establish the office of Reserve Officer; to prescribe the duties of said office; to authorize the Township Board to appoint any person or persons to said office; and to amend any ordinances or parts of ordinances of ________ Township which conflict with the provisions hereof.

THE TOWNSHIP OF _________, _________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ORDAINS:

Section 1: Reserve Officer
There is hereby established the position of “Reserve Officer” within the Township of _______, _______ County, Michigan.

Section 2: Appointment
The Township Board of _______ Township is hereby authorized to appoint by resolution at any regular meeting of said Board or special meeting called for the purpose of any person or persons to the position of Reserve Officer under such conditions and limitations as may be designated in said resolution. Said Board may similarly by resolution remove any person from said position at any time said Board deems such removal appropriate.

Section 3: Duties
The Reserve Officer, upon appointment, is hereby authorized to temporarily, during the period of his/her appointment and while under the direction of the ________ Township Police Department or the _______ County Sheriff to enforce all ordinances of the Township of _______ whether heretofore or hereafter enacted and regardless of whether such ordinances specifically designate a different official to enforce the same or do not designate any particular enforcing officer.

The authority of the Reserve Officer shall at all times be auxiliary to the authority of the ________ Township Police Officers and/or any ordinance enforcing officer of the Township. Any ordinance-enforcing authority of Police Officers and other officers specifically designated in any Township ordinance as enforcing officers shall continue in full force and effect and shall in no way be diminished or impaired by the terms of the within ordinance.

Section 4: Definitions
The Reserve Officer’s authority herein specified shall include investigation of ordinance violations and other suspected criminal activity; serving notice of violations; serving appearance tickets as authorized under Public Act 147 of 1968, as amended (MCL 764.9c); appearance in court or other judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution of violators; assisting Police Officers or Deputy Sheriffs in making arrests and such other specific authority or duties as may be delegated to such Reserve Officer by a ____________ Township Police Officer or County Sheriff directing said Reserve Officer.

Section 5: Statutory Reference
The Reserve Officer is hereby declared to be a member of the _______ Township Police Auxiliary under the provisions of Section 9 of Public Act 203 of 1965, the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act of 1965, as amended (MCL 28.609).

Section 6: Saving Clause
The provisions of the within ordinance are hereby declared to be severable and the invalidation of any one or more of the same for any cause shall not invalidate the remainder of said provisions or of said ordinance.

Section 7: Effective Date
This ordinance shall take immediate effect. All ordinances of the Township heretofore or hereafter adopted shall hereafter be supplemented by the terms of the within ordinance.

The purpose of this sample ordinance is to provide a suggested guideline for the types of items that should be included within an ordinance. Certainly, no sample ordinance should be used unless, after careful review, it is the professional judgment of your legal counsel that using the sample will accomplish the particular objectives and intentions of your Township. Although these sample ordinances are the result of much thought and effort, neither the authors nor the Michigan Townships Association assumes any responsibility for the results of using these samples word-for-word in individual cases.