53-13-111 - Peace officers serving in a reserve or auxiliary capacity. - Utah Statutes

53-13-111. Peace officers serving in a reserve or auxiliary capacity.
(1) (a) Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any law enforcement agency of the state orany of its political subdivisions from utilizing a sworn and certified peace officer in a reserve orauxiliary capacity.
(b) A reserve or auxiliary officer has peace officer authority only while engaged in thereserve or auxiliary activities authorized by the chief or administrator of the agency the officerserves and shall only exercise that spectrum of peace officer authority:
(i) that the supervising agency is empowered to delegate; and
(ii) for which the officer has been trained and certified.
(2) While serving as a nonpaid volunteer in a reserve or auxiliary capacity, or workingpart-time for fewer hours than that which would qualify the officer as an "employee" under stateor federal law, a peace officer is entitled to benefits in accordance with Title 67, Chapter 20,Volunteer Government Workers Act.
(3) The agency the reserve or auxiliary officer serves shall ensure that the officer meetsthe basic and in-service training requirements of the peace officer classification in which theofficer will function.

Amended by Chapter 92, 1999 General Session