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What do reserve deputies do?
Reserves perform a variety of functions and are presented with an opportunity to experience many of the different roles employees of the Sheriff’s Office have.
The most common function reserves participate in, are patrol activities. Reserve Deputies start out in plain clothes and ride with regular deputies on their shift. As they continue in their training, reserves are uniformed and armed. Reserves take calls for service, make traffic stops, serve papers and make arrests performing the same tasks, as full-time deputies are required to do.
Reserves progress through three status levels. The highest level allows the reserve to work independently in a patrol car and perform the duties of the Sheriff’s Office.
In addition to patrol duties, reserves will be called upon for a variety of other tasks as needed by the Sheriff’s Office. Reserves are often called to act as security at major crime scenes, perform various plain clothes or surveillance activities, work with the marine and forest patrol deputies and participate in search and rescue operations. Reserve deputies are also called upon to perform other security details throughout the community. Reserves act as security at many of Hood River Valley High School’s functions including dances and football games. Further they perform traffic control and security functions at parades, sporting events and gatherings. | 
