ASSIGNMENTS
Just as career officers, reserve officers are initially assigned to one of our six patrol precincts following their graduation from the police academy, where they complete the field training officer (FTO) program.
After the completion of their academy and field officer training, reserve officers work in solo-capacities in marked police vehicles, as independent and full-authority police officers. Reserve officers may also choose to work with another officer, whether reserve or career, as a two-officer unit. Our reserve officers wear the same uniform as career officers, and they drive the same police vehicles. They seamlessly respond to the same radio calls for service, and they perform the same police job duties as career officers.
Reserve officers may continue in uniform patrol, or they may be assigned to any of the more than 40 bureaus and nearly 115 specialty assignments that comprise the police department. For example, many our reserve officers work as motorcycle officers, detectives and helicopter pilots. Other reserve officers work at the academy or the airport, or in media relations, employment services, homeland security, property crimes, drug enforcement, air support and community relations, to name a few assignments. Lateral reserve officers or former career officers with sufficient police experience may immediately be assigned to any of the bureaus or specialty assignments.
Our reserve officers are highly regarded by our career officers, and they are fully integrated in the police department's operations. Commanders and other supervisors in our patrol precincts and specialty details repeatedly request that additional reserve officers be assigned to their commands, because reserve officers provide outstanding performance and substantial contributions.
Reserve officers are required to work sixty hours each three-month quarter, for a total of 240 hours each year. Because of the exciting and rewarding nature of police work, many of our reserve officers work forty to sixty hours each month, and they easily exceed the annual minimum service requirement. After graduating from the academy, reserve officers are permitted the flexibility to work the days and shifts that suit their career and family needs.
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