The New Haven Police Department is currently seeking interested applicants to join the New Haven Police Reserve program. Applications will be available at the New Haven Police Department and will be accepted from now until September 19, 2014.
The function of the Police Reserve is to aid and assist the New Haven Police Department in preserving the peace; preventing crime; detecting and apprehending violators of the law; safeguarding public health and safety; dispersing unlawful or dangerous assemblies; protecting personal rights; protecting personal property and public property; directing the movement of pedestrians and vehicles on all public properties; providing assistance at fires, public gatherings etc. as may be needed; suppressing all unlawful or disorderly conduct or practices; enforcing all federal laws, state laws, and city ordinances; as well as other police related activities as directed by the Board of Public Works and Safety for the City of New Haven, Indiana.
Police Reserve program was established February 14, 1984 allowing the City of New Haven to have a Police Reserve force. New Haven Police Reserves volunteer hundreds of hours a year serving the citizens of New Haven, Indiana. The Police Reserve program is a vital part of the New Haven Police Department supplementing regular patrol duties. The Police Reserves are most visibly noticed during Canal Days, special events/parades and during Halloween Trick or Treat patrols protecting our children.
Each Reserve Officer is required to put in sixteen (16) hours a month to the New Haven Police Department. The Reserve Officer starts out receiving training in Criminal Law, Firearms, Emergency Vehicle Operations, Defensive Tactics, Criminal Law and Traffic Law before riding with a full time police officer. After six months of training the Reserve Officer is sworn, allowed to wear a uniform and ride with a full time police officer. Reserve Officers can then advance to the ability of two of them riding together in a patrol vehicle.
