Montana Code Annotated 2013

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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.
     (2) 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.

     History: En. 11-1852 by Sec. 2, Ch. 85, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1856(part).

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