Reserve Police Officers are commonly referred to as:

• A. Reserve officers
• B. Part-time, auxiliary, or special
• C. Citizen volunteers
• D. Sworn deputies

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is how reserve police personnel are typically described in departments. Reserve officers are usually seen as part-time helpers who support full-time officers, so departments commonly describe them with terms that reflect their status and scope of duties: part-time, auxiliary, or special officers. This labeling signals that they are not full-time deputies and that their authority or duties are defined to fit a lesser or specific role, often with training aligned to a limited capacity.

Calling them "part-time, auxiliary, or special" fits the usual organizational language and accurately conveys their working arrangement and function. In contrast, simply using a term like "sworn deputies" would imply full-time, fully authorized status, which isn’t always the case for reserve personnel. And while some departments might use "citizen volunteers," the standard, widely used descriptors emphasize their official, albeit limited, role within the police department.