160A-282. Auxiliary law-enforcement personnel; workers' compensation benefits.
(a) A city may by ordinance provide for the organization of an auxiliary police department made up of volunteer members.
(b) A city, by enactment of an ordinance, may provide that, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the city pursuant to orders or instructions of the chief of police of the city, auxiliary law-enforcement personnel shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such volunteer personnel qualify.
(c) The board of commissioners of any county may provide that persons who are deputized by the sheriff of the county as special deputy sheriffs or persons who are serving as volunteer law-enforcement officers at the request of the sheriff and under his authority, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the county pursuant to orders or instructions of the sheriff, shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such persons qualify.
This subsection shall not apply to volunteer school safety resource officers as described in G.S. 162-26. (1969, c. 206, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 1263, s. 1; 1979, c. 714, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 28; 2013-360, s. 8.45(d).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns
§ 160A-281 - Policemen appointed.
§ 160A-282 - Auxiliary law-enforcement personnel; workers' compensation benefits.
§ 160A-283 - Joint county and city auxiliary police.
§ 160A-284 - Oath of office; holding other offices.
§ 160A-285 - Powers and duties of policemen.
§ 160A-286 - Extraterritorial jurisdiction of policemen.
§ 160A-287 - City lockups[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 160A-288 - Cooperation between law enforcement agencies.
§ 160A-288.1 - Assistance by State law-enforcement officers; rules; cost.
§ 160A-288.2 - Assistance to State law-enforcement agencies.
§ 160A-288.3 - Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2019-109, s1, effective October 1, 2020.
§ 160A-288.4 - Police chief may establish volunteer school safety resource officer program.
§ 160A-289 - Training and development programs for law enforcement.