§ 160A-282. Auxiliary law-enforcement personnel; workers' compensation benefits. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑282. Auxiliary law‑enforcement personnel; workers' compensation benefits.

(a)        A city may by ordinance provide for the organization of anauxiliary police department made up of volunteer members.

(b)        A city, by enactment of an ordinance, may provide that,while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of thecity pursuant to orders or instructions of the chief of police of the city,auxiliary law‑enforcement personnel shall be entitled to benefits underthe North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits forwhich such volunteer personnel qualify.

(c)        The board of commissioners of any county may provide thatpersons who are deputized by the sheriff of the county as special deputysheriffs or persons who are serving as volunteer law‑enforcement officersat the request of the sheriff and under his authority, while undergoingofficial training and while performing duties on behalf of the county pursuantto orders or instructions of the sheriff, shall be entitled to benefits underthe North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits forwhich such persons qualify. (1969, c. 206, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 1263, s. 1; 1979, c.714, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 28.)