The office of marshal in the city is hereby abolished and dispensed
with.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
1)
(a)
Position created; appointment; term.
There is hereby
created the position of city police officer, to be appointed by the
city council. Such city police officer shall have no term of office,
but shall serve at the will and pleasure of the city council.
(b)
Employment status; powers and duties as peace officer.
Such city police officer shall not hold any office in the city, as
defined in state law, but he shall be an employee of the city; provided,
however, that such city police officer shall be a peace officer as
defined in article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas, with
all of the powers and duties conferred upon peace officers under the
laws of the state.
(c)
Qualifications.
Such city police officer shall hold
a certificate as a qualified law enforcement officer from the state
commission on law enforcement officer standards and education as provided
in V.T.C.A., Occupations Code, chapter 1701, unless serving under
a temporary or probationary appointment as provided in said act. He
may reside within or without the corporate limits of the city, as
the city council may authorize and direct.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, secs.
2–4)
There is hereby established a police reserve force for the city.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
1)
Members of the police reserve force shall be appointed and/or
relieved at the discretion of the chief of police and shall serve
as police officers during the actual discharge of official duties.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
2)
The police reserve force shall consist in numbers as designated
by the chief of police.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
3)
Members of the police reserve force shall serve at the discretion
of the chief of police and may be called into active serve at any
time the chief considers it necessary to have additional police officers
to preserve the peace and enforce the law.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
4)
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 chief of police. The uniform compensation
shall be based solely upon time served by the member of the police
reserve while in training for or in the performance of 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
full-time police officers, and reserve officers shall be eligible
for death benefits as set out in chapter 86, Acts of 60th Legislature,
Regular Session 1967, as amended (V.T.C.A., Local Government Code,
section 142.003); provided, however, that nothing in this division
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. Reserve police officers
shall act only in a supplementary capacity to the regular police force
and shall in no case assume the full-time duties of regular police
officers.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
5)
This division does not limit the power of the mayor to summons
into service a special police force as provided by V.T.C.A., Local
Government Code, section 341.011.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
6)
(a)
Reserve
police officers must comply with the minimum training standards established
by the state commission on law enforcement officer standards and education
minimum standards established for all reserve law enforcement officers
identical to the standards so established which must be fulfilled
before a person appointed as 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.
(b)
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 officer standards and education.
(c)
If
any portion of this division be in conflict with any part or portion
of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, chapter 341, as amended, or any
other laws of this state, the terms and provisions of those laws will
govern.
(Ordinance adopted 7/7/1981, sec.
7)
