Why can't you have non-payed reserve police officers, That are trained in your dept. by your officers. When I lived in Ohio they had reserve officers and it was a great help to the police dept. They rode with a regular police officer and worked out really well for traffic and fairs etc. The good thing was that is where the dept got its regular officers after a few years of training. It could work here also.
Police department faces year without academy
Why can't you have non-payed reserve police officers, That are trained in your dept. by your officers. When I lived in Ohio they had reserve officers and it was a great help to the police dept. They rode with a regular police officer and worked out really well for traffic and fairs etc. The good thing was that is where the dept got its regular officers after a few years of training. It could work here also.