From
Fred Bates, Jr.
Title
Ordinance defining the Police Department's authorized positions in each classification for Fiscal Year 2016.
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 259 authorized Civil Service sworn positions consisting of 220 Police Officers; twenty-six (26) Sergeants; eight (8) Lieutenants; two (2) Assistant Chiefs; two (2) Deputy Chiefs; and one (1) Police Chief. The police department is adding two (2) new Police Sergeant positions in Fiscal Year 2016, which will be funded from sales tax collections in the Crime Control and Prevention District fund.
With the additional two (2) Police Sergeant positions, police department staffing will now consist of 261 authorized Civil Service sworn positions, which will be allocated as two-hundred and twenty (220) Police Officers; twenty-eight (28) Sergeants; eight (8) Lieutenants; two (2) Deputy Chiefs; two (2) Assistant Chiefs, and one (1) Police Chief.
The effective date for the two new Sergeant positions is July 1, 2016
Financial Consideration
The additional 2 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 9755-2014 TO DEFINE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016
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 Police Officers, 26 Se...
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