Reserve Police Officers

     The Dearborn Heights Reserve Police Officer Program currently has twenty-five (25) reserve police officers.  Reserve police officers volunteer their time in service of their community and provide an invaluable supplement to the full-time sworn police officers of the department.  Reserve police officers conduct vacation checks of homes of residents who are out of town on vacation, ride along with full-time officers on road patrol and provide traffic and crowd control at parades, sporting events and festivals.  Dearborn Heights police reserves also provide traffic control and police protection in Hines Park during the spring & summer saturday bicycles only event.

     Reserve police officers undergo an extensive background investigation and then must attend and pass the Reserve Police Academy.  All police reserves carry the same equipment and weapons as full-time officers and have police powers when working directly under a full-time police officer.  Dearborn Heights reserve police officers must be a resident of Dearborn Heights.  The coordinator of the reserve police officer program is Lt. Scott Obrec and the highest ranking reserve police officer is Reserve Captain Thomas Miles. 

Inquiries about the Reserve Program should be made to Lt. Scott Obrec at sobrec@ci.dearborn-heights.mi.us.