There is hereby created and established a police department in the City of Pottsboro, Texas which shall consist of a police chief and such police officers as the city council may from time to time deem necessary and proper. The police chief shall be appointed and/or terminated by the city council. All other police officers shall be appointed and/or terminated by the police chief with the consent of the city council.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 2.00, Section 2.02)
All police officers appointed to the police department shall take and subscribe to the official oath prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Texas.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 2.00, Section 2.03)
All police officers shall meet the minimum standards for licensing as a peace officer as established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education and have a current and valid peace officer license at the time of appointment. All police officers shall retain such license during his or her employment as a police officer with the City of Pottsboro and will be subject to discharge if such license is suspended, revoked, or becomes invalid for any reason. In addition, all police officers must have a valid Texas vehicle operator's license and must be insurable as a vehicle driver by the city's automobile insurance carrier.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 2.00, Section 2.04)
All police officers and other members of the police department shall be and are hereby invested with all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under the laws of the State of Texas in enforcing the criminal and traffic laws of the state and the ordinances of this city within the limits of the city. It shall also be the general duty of all police officers to quell riots, disorders and disturbances of the peace and to take into custody all persons so offending against the public peace. Such officers shall further use their best endeavors to prevent the commission within the city of offenses against the laws of the state and of the ordinances of the city; to observe and enforce all such laws and ordinances; to detect and arrest offenders against the same; to preserve the good order of the city and to secure the inhabitants thereof from violence, and the property therein from injury. Such officers shall have no power or authority in civil matters, but shall execute any criminal warrant or warrant of arrest which may be placed in their hands by the duly constituted authorities of the city. In addition, all police officers shall execute all writs and processes issued from the municipal court of the City of Pottsboro, Texas.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 2.00, Section 2.05)
The chief of police shall prescribe the uniforms and badges for the members of the police department, and direct the manner in which the members of said force shall be armed.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 2.00, Section 2.06)
The Pottsboro Police Department Manual as amended containing the general policies, procedures, and rules for operation of the police department of the City of Pottsboro is hereby adopted as the official departmental policy manual of the Pottsboro Police Department. A copy of this manual is found on file in the office of the city secretary.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 2.00, Section 2.07)