Montana Code 7-32-216. Limitations on activities of reserve officers
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7-32-216. Limitations on activities of reserve officers. (1) A reserve officer may serve as a peace officer only on the orders and at the direction of the chief law enforcement administrator of the local government.
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-32-216
- Law enforcement agency: means a law enforcement service provided directly by a local government. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- Law enforcement officer: means a sworn, full-time, employed member of a law enforcement agency who is a peace officer, as defined in 46-1-202, and has arrest authority, as described in 46-6-210. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- Peace officer: has the meaning as defined in 46-1-202. See Montana Code 1-1-207
- Reserve officer: means a sworn, part-time, volunteer member of a law enforcement agency or a part-time, paid member of a law enforcement agency serving as a court officer as provided in 3-6-303. See Montana Code 7-32-201
(2)Except for a reserve officer serving as a court officer as provided in 3-6-303, a reserve officer may act only in a supplementary capacity to the law enforcement agency.
(3)Reserve officers:
(a)are subordinate to full-time law enforcement officers; and
(b)may not serve unless supervised by a full-time law enforcement officer whose span of control would be considered within reasonable limits.