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Fred A. Frego
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Reserve Officer Program The
Reserve Officer has been a part of American history longer than the
career professional in law enforcement. Known generally as Reserve
Police Officers, these supplementary Officers are recruited from among
the responsible citizens in the local community. Some of the Reserve
Officer's duties and assignments may involve traffic regulation and
crowd control service under disaster conditions, and routine patrol
functions. Admittedly, Reserve Officers must be recruited, organized
and trained under the necessary capabilities for this important
assignment. The scope of the Reserve Officer's duties is limited only
by the level of their training. The Board of Metropolitan Police
Commissioners and the Chief of Police of the St. John Police Department
will set minimum hours. The hiring of the reserve Police Officers gives
the administration of the police department tremendous latitude for
special service personnel that could not otherwise have been provided
to the community due to budget limitations. Once proper selection has
been implemented, the Reserve officer will probably be found to be a
highly intelligent and deeply motivated person who takes seriously the
universal motto of policing "To Protect and Serve."
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