TX SB2144

Removes the requirement that reserve peace officers (reserve deputies, reserve deputy constables, and reserve police officers) must be classified as peace officers under Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, before being authorized to carry a weapon or act as a peace officer at all times

Requires reserve peace officers to obtain a private security license under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, to perform any actions that require such licensing, eliminating their previous exemption from these requirements

Prohibits sheriffs, constables, and chiefs of police from authorizing reserve officers to use police vehicles outside their county for activities done for private gain

Restricts reserve officers' authority to conduct police escorts to only those that begin or end within the county where they serve (or where the municipality/district is located)

Maintains that reserve peace officers remain ineligible for full-time employment benefit programs and pension funds created for full-time paid peace officers