The purpose and intent of this article is to secure the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city of Brenham, Texas by:
(1) 
Explicitly creating a police department and outlining both its authority and jurisdiction;
(2) 
Explicitly creating the position of chief of police to oversee and manage the police department; and
(3) 
Outlining the duties and responsibilities of both the chief of police and officers.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
There is hereby created a police department of the City of Brenham, at the head of which shall be the chief of police. The police department shall be composed of the chief of the police and other officers and employees as the city council may provide. The jurisdiction of the department shall be the corporate limits of the city and that property lying outside the city limits which is owned by the city, except as otherwise provided by state law.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
No person shall be certified as a police officer who has not complied with the basic requirements established by the State of Texas for police officers and the City of Brenham, acting through the chief of police.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
(a) 
The police department shall consist of the chief of police and such members as the city council may provide.
(b) 
The chief of police shall be appointed by the city manager.
(c) 
The chief of the police shall carry out the functions of the police department relating to public safety and enforcement of ordinances, state and federal laws; organize the police department of the city in conformity with the laws of the State of Texas and the ordinances of the city; and shall promulgate policies, procedures, rules, directives and orders for the administration of the department, including but not limited to, discipline within the department.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
(a) 
Individual police officers constituting the police department are invested with all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under the laws of the state. Inherent with this power and authority is the obligation to preserve the peace, to enforce the ordinances and regulations of the city, the laws of the State of Texas and of the United States, to take legal custody of offenders and to secure the citizens from violence.
(b) 
All personnel of the police department shall be subject to and bound by the most current directives, orders, rules, regulations and procedures for the operation of the police department as may be promulgated or as hereinafter amended by the chief of police, and failure to abide therewith shall subject the violating personnel to such disciplinary action as may be determined by the chief of police within the limits of federal and state law and/or city ordinances.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
The police chief may establish a reserve police force in the city. The reserve police force may be activated, or deactivated, at the discretion of the chief of police.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
Members of the reserve police 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 or designee considers it necessary to have additional officers to preserve and enforce the law.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
The reserve police force shall not exceed in number one-half (1/2) of the total number of regular police officers authorized by the city council.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
Members of the reserve police force may serve without compensation. Uniforms and uniform compensation may be provided at the discretion of the chief of police. The city may provide the same benefits to the reserves as any other volunteer performing official duties.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
Reserve police officers must comply with the minimum training standards established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. Such minimum standards, established for all reserve law enforcement officers, must be fulfilled before a person appointed as a reserve law enforcement officer may carry a weapon or otherwise act as a peace officer.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)
The chief of police shall establish qualifications and standards of training for members of the reserve police force and shall establish policies and regulations governing the reserve members. The chief of police may establish for the reserve police force the same minimum physical, mental, educational and moral standards as applicable to the regular police department, but in no case shall the standards be less than that established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
(Ordinance O-12-008, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/12)