FAQs

• The MCSO Reserves are a non-profit organization.
• Reserve deputies are volunteers. None of the reserve deputies receive any type of income from the Sheriff’s Office or Montgomery County.
• Funding for operational expenses is received via fundraisers and donations.
• Reserve deputies are P.O.S.T trained and commissioned officers with the same duties, responsibilities and authority as full time deputies.
• Regular duties include: Patrol, prisoner and mental patient transport, special events, guarding juries, court duties, and serving warrants.
• Reserves are considered on call 24 hrs a day 365 a year.
• Duty requirements consist of one patrol shift per month along with four special duties per year.
• Further training requirements are monthly meetings, yearly in-service classes, and quarterly firearm qualification.
• On average the initial expense to become a reserve is from $800-$1100 for personal equipment.
• Initial training usually consists of just over 80 hours of classroom and firing range instruction.
• Reserves volunteer on average 1500 hrs a month saving the county and tax payers thousands of dollars per month.