There is hereby created a police department of the City of Irving, at the head of which shall be the chief of police. The police department shall be composed of the chief of the police department and other employees as the city council may provide.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984)
The City of Irving is governed by the applicable state statutes and city ordinances relating to civil service and such statutes and ordinances shall constitute the civil service regulations of the police department.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984)
No person will be certified as a police officer who has not complied with the basic requirements established by the State of Texas for peace officers, those rules and regulations established by the civil service commission, and by the city acting through the chief of police.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984)
(a) 
The police department of the city shall consist of the chief of police and such members as the city council may provide.
(b) 
The chief of the police department shall be appointed by the chief executive and confirmed by the city council, the chief shall be under the control and supervision of the city manager and the city council may terminate or discipline the chief upon the recommendation of the city manager or upon its own motion.
(c) 
The chief of the police department 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 ordinances of the city; and promulgate policies, procedures, rules, directives and orders for the administration of the department, including but not limited to discipline within the department.
(d) 
The chief of police shall have control of and responsibility for the management of the city jail system.
(e) 
The chief of the police department shall not be a member of the classified service and shall not be under civil service protection.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984; Ordinance 5816, § 2, adopted 6/21/1990; Ordinance 6008, § 2, adopted 8/29/1991)
Classifications below the rank of chief of police shall be:
(a) 
Assistant police chief.
(b) 
Deputy police chief.
(c) 
Lieutenant.
(d) 
Sergeant.
(e) 
Police officer.
Appointments made to the positions of deputy police chief, lieutenant, sergeant and police officer shall be filled by examination in accordance with Subchapter B of Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code. Appointments made to the position of assistant police chief shall be made in accordance with Section 143.014 of the Local Government Code.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984; Ordinance 2021-10503, § 1, adopted 10/14/2021)
(a) 
Individual officers constituting the City of Irving police department are invested with all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under the laws of the State of Texas. Inherent with this power and authority is the obligation to preserve the peace; enforce the ordinances and regulations of the city, the laws of Texas and of the United States; take legal custody of offenders and secure the citizens from violence.
(b) 
All civil service personnel of the police department shall be bound by the most current directives, orders, rules, regulations and procedures for the operation of the police department as may be promulgated or as hereafter amended by the chief of police; and failure to abide thereby shall subject the violating personnel to such disciplinary action as may be determined by the chief of police within the limits of state law and city ordinance.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984)
(a) 
Establishment; composition.
An auxiliary police force to be known as police reserve is hereby established. It shall be composed of personnel who have volunteered to join the organization and whose applications for membership have been accepted and who have complied with all the rules, regulations and orders provided for the conduct and control of the members thereof. The police reserve shall be separate and distinct from the police department of this city but shall be headed by the chief of police.
(b) 
Authority of chief of police; appointment of members.
The members of the police reserve shall be under the authority, control and command of the chief of police of the city, certified under the guidelines promulgated by the State of Texas, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
(c) 
Duties.
The duties of the police reserve force, subject at all times to the direction, supervision and control of the chief of police, shall be to assist the regular members of the police department of this city in the enforcement of law and the maintenance of peace and order. The chief shall promulgate policies, procedures, rules, directives and orders for the administration of the police reserve force, including but not limited to discipline within the police reserve force, and fix the specific duties of its members. He may change such orders from time to time, and he may require members of the police reserve force to obey the instructions of regular police command in carrying out their duties. The chief of police may prescribe other duties than those mentioned herein to be performed by the police reserve force, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
(d) 
Termination of membership.
Membership of any person may be terminated by the chief of police at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by the chief of police. Any member may resign from the police reserve force at any time, but it shall be his duty to notify the chief of his resignation.
(e) 
Authority to diminish or expand membership.
The chief of police may by order diminish or expand the membership of the police reserve force as he deems fit, within the limits established in this article.
(f) 
Power and authority of members.
(1) 
Carrying of firearms.
Members of the police reserve force shall while on duty only carry firearms on the express written order of the chief of police.
(2) 
Breaking and entering.
No member of the police reserve force shall break into or otherwise forcefully enter upon any private property or enter the dwelling or habitation of another person without the consent of the owner or occupant except when immediately accompanied by a regular member of the police department of this city who then and there requests his aid in the enforcement of the law.
(3) 
Power of arrest.
A member of the police reserve force shall have the following powers of arrest and none others:
a. 
For an offense committed in his presence.
b. 
For a felony offense in accordance with Articles 14.03 and 14.04 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
c. 
He may lend physical aid to any regular member of the police department in making any lawful arrest, when authorized by the chief of police, or requested by any regular member of the police department of this city.
d. 
Pursuant to a warrant of arrest.
(Ordinance 4395, § 1, adopted 4/26/1984)
Each assistant chief of police shall be entitled to accumulate and be paid for sick leave as are uniformed members of the police department who are under civil service protection. The assistant chiefs may elect to be paid for accumulated sick leave either at the time of becoming chief of the department or leaving the employ of the department. The dollar amount of accumulated sick leave shall be calculated using the compensation received by the assistant chief just before being promoted to chief of the department.
(Ordinance 5816, § 4, adopted 6/21/1990)
Civil service employees of the city police department may accumulate unused vacation leave from year to year provided that use of vacation leave shall be approved by the police department and that the maximum accumulation shall not exceed twice the annual rate of vacation leave.
(Ordinance 6706, § 2, adopted 11/16/1995)