From
Fred Bates, Jr.
Title
Ordinance delineating the Police Department's authorized total of 259 Civil Service positions into each classification for Fiscal Year 2015.
Presenter
Chief Steve Dye, Police Department
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The City of Grand Prairie has established a Police Department to provide the citizens of Grand Prairie a first class public safety response to police emergencies and calls for service based on a Community Policing philosophy.
Currently, the police department has 252 authorized Civil Service sworn positions consisting of 216 Police Officers; twenty-four (24) Sergeants; eight (8) Lieutenants; two (2) Assistant Chiefs; one (1) Deputy Chief; and one (1) Police Chief. The police department is adding seven new sworn police this year, which will be funded from sales tax collections in the Crime Control and Prevention District fund.
With the additional seven positions (four Police Officers; two Sergeants; and one Deputy Chief), police department staffing will now consist of 259 authorized Civil Service sworn positions, which will be allocated as two-hundred and twenty (220) Police Officers; twenty-six (26) Sergeants; eight (8) Lieutenants; two (2) Deputy Chiefs; two (2) Assistant Chiefs, and one (1) Police Chief.
Financial Consideration
The additional seven sworn positions will be funded through sales tax collections allocated to the Crime Control and Prevention District.
Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE 9690 TO DELINEATE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND ESTABLISHING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Prairie has established a Police Department to provide the citizens of Grand Prairie a first class public safety response to police emergencies and calls for service based on a Community Policing philosophy; and
WHEREAS, the department currently has 259 authorized positions, consisting of 220 po...
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