The City of Huron is moving forward with a Reserve Police Officer program. Public Safety Director says the Reserve force would not be used to replace full time officers on duty…
Regular certified police officers must go through 13 weeks of training at the Law Enforcement Training Center in Pierre. Will says the reserves in Huron’s program will be trained by officers currently on the force…
Commission Jan Manolis wondered to Will why anyone would want to volunteer for the 100 hours of training needed to be a reserve officer and not get paid, as those in the reserve program would work for free…
No time line for implementation of the Reserve Officer program was given. The Reserve Force would have five officers to start and may be expanded to eight.