R-89-1255 - 3/23/1989WHEREAS, the City Council of Round Rock desires to continue to
provide its citizens with an efficient and effective police
department, and
WHEREAS, the adoption of uniform policies and procedures would
enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Police Department,
Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
That the City of Round Rock hereby adopts the Police Policy and
Procedure Manual, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated
herein for all purposes.
RESOLVED this 23rd day of March, 1989.
ATTEST:
C40RESPOLIC
LAND, City Secretary
RESOLUTION NO. /255;
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
DATE: March 21, 1989
SUBJECT: Council Agenda, March 23, 1989
ITEM: 13D. Consider a resolution adopting the Police
Policy and Procedure Manual.
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Wes Wolff
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The Police Department's mission is to
enforce laws, protect life and property, to provide safe, secure,
and humane incarceration of prisoners, and to otherwise serve
persons in the City in a cost effective manner. To accomplish
this mission, a large number of people and other resources must
be systematically directed and coordinated. The material contained
in the Police Policy and Procedure Manual is designed to serve
this end.
While direction is necessary, it is also recognized that
personnel must have discretion to adapt to unusual and unpredictable
situations and circumstances. The intent of this Manual is
to therefore compensate for the need for flexibility in the
performance of duties while providing the guidance which is
both needed and desired. In order to balance the need for direction
to accomplish the Department mission and the need for discretion
in the performance of personnel, the contents of this Manual
include different types of directives. The directives vary
in the amount of discretion permitted.
This Manual has been reviewed by the City Attorney, City
Staff and Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Education and
Standards. It does not conflict in anyway with the City's current
personnel policy.