OR 124-A-1 Amends Ord 124 require Council appr before carrying weapon or acting as peace officer in Police Reserve Force AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 124A1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 124, WHICH ESTABLISHED A POLICE RESERVE FORCE
WITHIN THE CITY BY CHANGING SECTION 11 OF SAID ORDINANCE TO
READ AS FOLLOWS: "NO PERSON APPOINTED TO THE POLICE RESERVE
FORCE MAY CARRY A WEAPON OR OTHERWISE ACT AS A PEACE OFFICER
UNTIL HE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AFTER APPROVAL,
HE MAY CARRY A WEAPON ONLY WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE,
AND WHEN DISCHARGING OFFICIAL DUTIES AS A DULY CONSTITUTED PEACE
OFFICER;" PROVIDING A REPEALING 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 11) ORDINANCE NO. 124.
That Ordinance No. 124, the basic ordinance of the City of
Coppell, establishing a Police Reserve Force of the City, hereto-
fore passed by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas,
on the sixth day of November, 1973, is hereby amended so that
Section 11 thereof shall read only as follows:
"SECTION 11. WEAPONS.
No person appointed to the Police Reserve Force
may carry a weapon or otherwise act as a peace
officer until he has been approved by the City
Council. After approval, he may carry a weapon
only when authorized by the Chief of Police, and
when discharging official duties as a duly con-
stituted peace officer."
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE.
Section 11 of Ordinance No. 124, and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Provided,
however, all other parts of Ordinance No. 124 shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY 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 misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be fined not to exceed the sum of two
hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense and each and every day
such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate
offense.
SECTION 5. EMERGENCY 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 ~ day of October, 1974.
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