Council Approves Addition Of Reserve Officers

The City Council approved a request by the local police department to add reserve officers to their roster at their meeting January 15.

According to Police Captain Darren Huff, the reserve officers would be used as a support to active officers in the department in times of need.

“They would be used specifically for Farmer’s Day parades and things like that where we have a limited staff on hand. They would provide us with a little more coverage,” Huff said.

As the reserve officers would not be fully active, fully certified and only working approximately eight hours a month, their parti...