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 Waller
 Code of Ordinances
 CODE OF ORDINANCES
 Chapter 42. LAW ENFORCEMENT

§ 42-1. Police department.

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  • (a)

    There is hereby created and established a police department for the city.

    (b)

    The police department shall consist of one chief of police and such additional police officers. The chief of police shall be appointed by the city council.

    (c)

    Members of the police department shall be appointed by the chief of police.

    (d)

    The chief of police and all members of the police department shall take and subscribe to the official oath prescribed by the state Constitution.

    (e)

    The appointment of a chief of police shall be made and entered in the minutes of the city council at any regular or special meeting of said city council.

    (f)

    The position of chief of police is hereby declared to be an appointive office of the city and he/she serves at the will and pleasure of the city council until his/her successor shall have been appointed and qualified.

    (g)

    A metallic badge, identifying the police chief and each police officer as a member of the police department, shall be issued to each member of the police department.

    (h)

    The chief of police shall be the chief police officer of the city and as such, shall have supervision over the other members of the police department.

    (i)

    The members of the police shall receive such compensation as determined by the chief of police and approved by the city council in the annual budget process, from time to time.

    (j)

    It is the duty of every member of the police department to preserve the peace within the limits of the city and to affect this purpose the officer may use all lawful means. He/she may interfere without warrant to suppress or prevent crime.

    (k)

    Every member of the police department shall have authority:

    (1)

    To execute warrants of arrest or other process issued out of the corporation court in said city.

    (2)

    To arrest without warrant in all cases where authorized by the laws of the state.

    (3)

    To arrest without warrant when offenses against the laws or ordinances are committed in his/her or their presence, or where persons are found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons have been guilty of some felony or breach of the peace, or threaten or are about to commit some offense against the law.

(Code 1976, § 2-19; Ord. No. 123, 8-11-1975)

State law reference

Authority of Type A municipality to establish and regulate a police force, Texas Local Government Code § 341.001 et seq.