- Non Profit Organization. None of the Deputies receive any type of income from the Sheriff's Office or the county.
- The only funding the Reserve Unit receives for equipment is via fundraisers they hold and donations.
- All Reserve Deputies are P.O.S.T certified and commissioned officers with the same duties and responsibilities as full time Deputies.
- All Reserve Deputies are volunteers. Some of their regular duties include: Patrol, prisoner and mental patient transport, special events, guarding juries, court duties, and serving warrents.
- Deputies are on call 24 hrs a day 365 a year. They are required to work one patrol shift per month along with four special duties per year. Further requirements are monthly meetings/training along with yearly in-service classes.
- Reserves volunteer on average 1500 hrs a month saving the county and tax payers thousands of dollars per month.
- Each Deputy furnishes their own personal protection equipment and partial uniforms.
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