Iowa Code § 80D.6: Status of reserve peace officers.

1. Reserve peace officers shall serve as peace officers on the orders and at the discretion of the chief of police, sheriff, commissioner of public safety or the commissioner’s designee, or director of the Iowa department of corrections or the director’s designee, as the case may be.

2. While in the actual performance of official duties, reserve peace officers shall be vested with the same rights, privileges, obligations, and duties as any other peace officers.