OR 124-A-4 Amends Ord. 124 by authorizing Reserve Officers with over one year of service to drive police vehicles AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 124A4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 124, WHICH ESTABLISHED A POLICE RESERVE FORCE WITHIN
THE CITY BY CHANGING SECTION 10 OF SAID ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE
RESERVE OFFICERS WITH OVER ONE (1) YEAR OF SERVICE TO DRIVE POLICE
VEHICLES WITH AUTHORIZATION OF CHIEF OF POLICE; PROVIDING A REPEAL-
ING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDING (SECTION 10) ORDINANCE NO. 124.
That Ordinance No. 124, the basic ordinance of the City of
Coppell, establishing a Police Reserve Force of the City, heretofore
passed by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, on the 6th
day of November, 1973, is hereby amended so that Section 10 thereof
shall read as follows:
"SECTION 10. DUTIES.
Members of the Police Reserve Force shall serve at the
discretion of the Chief of Police and may be called into service
at any time the Chief of Police considers it necessary to have
additional officers to preserve the peace and enforce the law.
The Chief of Police may establish rules and regulations to govern
the Police Reserve Force and may direct members of the Police
Reserve to obey the instructions of Regular Police Officers,
except as hereinafter authorized, a Police Reserve Officer shall
not drive a Police Department vehicle unless accompanied by a
regular duty Police Officer.
Provided, however, Reserve Police Officers having more
than one (1) year of service as a Coppell Reserve Officer may drive
a Police Department vehicle when accompanied by another Police
Reserve Officer and authorized by the Chief of Police. Such one
(1) year period of service shall not be broken by more than thirty
(30) days of inactive service as a Coppell Reserve Police Officer.
Reserve Police Officers shall act only in a supplementary
capacity to the Regular Police Force and shall in no case assume
the full time duties of Regular Police Officers without first com-
plying with all requirements for such Regular Police Officers."
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE.
Section 10 of Ordinance No. 124 and all other ordinances,
or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the pro-
visions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Provided, however,
all other parts of Ordinance No. 124 shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 3. SEVEP~ILITY CLAUSE.
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause, phrase
or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this
ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than
the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. PENALTY CLAUSE.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a penalty
of fine not to exceed the sum of ~o Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
for each offense, and each and every day such offense is con-
tinued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 5. E~RGENCY CLAUSE.
The fact that the present City regulations are inadequate
to properly protect the public health, safety and welfare, creates
an urgency and an emergency and requires that this ordinance shall
take effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption,
as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
Texas, this 72~ day of j ~ w ~ , 1976.
APPROVED:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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