The following general provisions shall apply to Auxiliary Police officers:
(a) Auxiliary Police officers shall have all the benefits that may be applicable, pursuant to Act No. 460 of 2000. If an Auxiliary Police officer reports an accident or illness to the State Insurance Fund that is not related to the performance of his/her duties, the officer must personally assume the medical expenses and other expenses related thereto.
(b) The Office of Security and Protection shall investigate all Auxiliary Police officer candidates that are referred thereto by the Executive Board.
(c) The use of special equipment and licenses of the Puerto Rico Police by any auxiliary police officer shall be subject to the regulations of the Police and shall require the authorization of the Auxiliary Superintendent of the Auxiliary Police.
(d) Auxiliary police officers shall abstain from performing their duties or any intervention in matters that constitute a conflict of interest with the profession or trade they practice privately, including private security agents.
(e) Any citizen who ceases to be a member of the Auxiliary Police shall return the uniform within five (5) days. Failure to comply with what is herein established shall result in the commission of illegal withholding and use of public property.
(f) Elected officers or candidates to an elective office shall not be admitted into the Auxiliary Police; if they were former members of the Auxiliary Police, their office shall remain suspended for the duration of their term as elected officers or candidates to an elective office.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, added as § 41 on Sept. 23, 2004, No. 468, § 3.