Texas Education Code
§ 37.0816 — RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS
ED § 37.0816Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. C. LAW AND ORDER
Statute text
View on source(a)The board of trustees of a school district may authorize the chief of police of the school district police department to appoint reserve police officers for the district. The board may limit the number of reserve police officers that the chief may appoint.
(b)A reserve police officer serves at the discretion of the chief of police of the school district police department and may be called into service at any time that the chief considers it necessary to have additional officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law.
(c)The chief of police of a school district police department may authorize a reserve police officer who holds a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, to carry a weapon or act as a peace officer at all times, regardless of whether the reserve police officer is engaged in the actual discharge of official duties, or may limit the authority of the reserve police officer to carry a weapon or act as a peace officer to only those times during which the reserve police officer is engaged in the actual discharge of official duties.
(d)A reserve police officer who does not hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, may act as a peace officer only:
(1)if the officer has fulfilled all applicable requirements under Sections 1701.351 and 1701.3525, Occupations Code; and
(2)during the actual discharge of official duties.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 558 (H.B. 1458), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.