The chief of police shall be appointed by the city manager,
and shall serve for an indefinite term and for such compensation as
may be determined by the city council. The chief of police shall be
head of the police department.
(1977 Code, sec. 1-61)
It shall be the duty of the chief of police and other police
officers under his control to enforce all criminal ordinances of the
city; and he shall discharge all of the duties prescribed by statute
for the city marshal and such other duties as may be imposed upon
him by the city manager and/or city council.
(1977 Code, sec. 1-62)
The chief of police or any other police officer may order the
arrest of any person violating in his presence the laws of the state
or any ordinance of the city; and the chief of police is authorized
in case of a riot or any unlawful assembly, or with a view to preserve
peace and good order in the city, to order and enforce the closing
of any theatre, ballroom, barroom, or other place of resort, or public
room or building.
(1977 Code, sec. 1-63)
(a) Established.
There is hereby established a police reserve
force for the city.
(b) Appointment of officers.
Members of the police reserve
force shall be appointed after nominations by the chief of police
and approval by the city council. Members of the police reserve force
shall serve as police officers during the actual discharge of official
duties only and may be relieved at the discretion of the chief of
police.
(c) Number of members.
The police reserve force shall not
exceed 30 members.
(d) Call to active service.
Members of the police reserve
force shall serve at the discretion of the chief of police and may
be called into active service at any time the chief of police considers
it necessary to have additional police officers to preserve the peace
and enforce the law.
(e) Compensation; uniforms; benefits.
Members of the police
reserve force may serve without compensation. Uniforms and uniform
compensation may be provided to the reserve police officers at the
discretion of the city council. The uniform compensation shall be
based solely upon the time served by the member of the police reserve
while in training for or in the performance of his official duties.
The city may provide hospital and medical assistance to members of
the police reserve force who sustain injury in the course of performing
official duties, in the same manner as provided by the city for its
fulltime police officers, and reserve officers shall be eligible for
death benefits as set out in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, section
142.003, as amended, provided, however, that nothing in this section
shall be construed to authorize or permit a member of the police reserve
force to become eligible for participation in any pension fund created
pursuant to state statute, to which regular officers may become a
member by payroll deductions or otherwise.
(f) Training; qualifications.
(1) Reserve police officers must comply with the minimum training standards
established by the state commission on law enforcement officers standards
and education for reserve law enforcement officers which must be fulfilled
before the person appointed a reserve law enforcement officer may
carry a weapon or otherwise act as a peace officer. The chief of police
shall establish qualifications and standards of training for members
of the police reserve force and shall establish rules and regulations
governing reserve police officers.
(2) The chief of police may establish minimum physical, mental, educational
and moral standards as used by the regular police department but in
no case shall the standards be less than that established by the state
commission on law enforcement officers standards and education.
(g) Weapons.
Members of the police reserve force may carry
a weapon only when authorized by the chief of police and when discharging
official duties as a duly constituted peace officer.
(1977 Code, sec. 1-65; Ordinance
82-08 adopted 7/26/82; Ordinance adopting 2004 Code; Ordinance adopting
2013 Code)