Can I commission directly into the Navy Reserve?

I think your path to a commission in the USAR is almost a given once you have the degree out of the way. You are already a cop, so whatever selection criteria you jumped through to become a cop should be sufficient for a USAR commission.

Next, you are already in the NG, and 92 series. 92 series (Quartermasters) are among the most vacant slots for USAR officers.

Finally, if you are going Reserves, then it really doesn't matter what your MOS/Branch really is while in garrison because you will be doing pretty much the same thing wherever you land. Mandatory training, exercise planning meetings, ACFT, and medical readiness.

I'm just saying, by time you landed a Navy Commission to O1/Ensign you'd probably be a USAR/NG O3/CPT. Also, unlike the Navy, if you can put up with the Army long enough you will get to 20 years before they would kick you out for non advancement.

With a bachelor's degree, you can commission into the Navy Reserves through OCS or NROTC. Direct commissions are typically reserved for doctors, dentists, nurses, and lawyers. There is an Accessions Officer that will steer you through the process. They are typically capped Reserve O-4s with a lot of experience separating the top say 30% out. That is the short skating program. The long skate is getting facetime with Reviewing Officers. I was one for many years for the Civil Engineer Corps. You don't pass GO without a positive endorsement from one of these. Rank can vary but for us, we mostly had O-6s do the interviews and review. We'd have a good idea on who'd likely do well vs. not. For any designator, there is a desired number every year. That number wiggles a bit, but not too greatly as undershooting means a gap that can last 20 years. Overshooting means a greater failure of selection percentage for O-4 10 years later. For my staff corps, we needed about 100 officers/year. We'd have about 500 applicants and the reviewing officers would sift through around 150 or so. Even so, we send good people home after 10 years. Just know it isn't about getting in the door, it's being given a shot to perform well and promote up over time.

Unless you are going into a specialty branch within the Navy (Med, JAG, Chaplaincy, etc.) then my understanding is you will have to take the OCS or NROTC route. I'm saying this as a current Chaplain Candidate in the Army who was a direct commission (I'm prior Navy Enlisted) into the Army Reserves while I complete my seminary program with eventual plans to return to Active Duty. Each specialty branch will have its own respective requirements (which you can find with a Google search, or speak to the local recruiter for that branch such as a Chaplain recruiter, Med recruiter, etc., not just the general recruiter). For example, for me to complete my commission I had to go through an application, the interview process, get an ecclesiastical endorsement (this would vary by denomination), show that I was enrolled full time in an M.Div. program, etc. I, too, am in TX and if you need more assistance/guidance feel free to send me a message and I can help get you pointed in the right direction.