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AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CREATING A NEW POSITION IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMU-
LATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND NAMING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Police Chief has requested the City Council to
specify and authorize the number of positions in the Police
Department for the 1984-1985 Fiscal Year; and
WHEREAS, with the passage of Ordinance 9396, the authorized
number of positions in the Police Department was established as 810,
with authorized staffing levels of 517 Police officers, 153
Detectives, 89 Sergeants, 35 Lieutenants, 12 Captains and 4 Deputy
Chiefs; and
WHEREAS, the Police Chief desires to alter the authorized num-
ber of positions by adding 1 Lieutenant position without altering
the budget of the department; and
WHEREAS, the specification and authorization of these positions
is a necessity; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the following positions are the only positions authorized
in the City of Fort Worth Police Department for the remainder of the
Fiscal Year 1984-1985:
Police Officers 517
Detectives 153
Sergeants 89
Lieutenants 36
Captains 12
Deputy Chiefs 4
TOTAL 811
SECTION 2.
That all of the declarations and findings contained in the pre-
amble of this ordinance are made a part hereof and shall be fully
effective as part of the ordained subject matter of this ordinance.
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SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
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SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ( 1964) , as
amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct
conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in
which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconsti-
tutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed
to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and
effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the
ordinance in the ordinance record s of the City .
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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ADOPTED:
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Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council increase the Police Department's
authorized Civil Service strength by one Lieutenant. This position will be used
in the Criminal Investigative Division of the Investigative Services Bureau.
Background
The Police Department has reviewed the current command structure of the Criminal
Investigative Division (CID) to improve the management efficiency of the various
operations of this division. The existing command structure of this division
includes one continually rotated Sergeant position used as the evening shift
supervisor. This continuous rotation requires the Sergeant to be away from his
regular day shift work assignment for as much as thirteen straight working days.
This creates problems for staffing assignments, supervisory management,
incomplete work reports, and eventually, decreased offense clearance rates from
throughout the division. Another problem area identified with this rotating
supervisor is the response to unusual or serious situations encountered after
normal working hours. Often times, these situations require notifying higher
authority than a Sergeant. Additionally, the City t~1anager, Mayor, and others
have requested to be notified of certain circumstances occurring after hours.
This Lieutenant position would be in a better position to respond to these types
of serious emergency situations.
The requested Lieutenant position will assure the Criminal Investigative Division
of full command status thereby improving the Division s management
effectiveness. This evening shift Lieutenant will supervise the entire evening
shift of Detectives and clerical personnel. This includes Auto Theft, Robbery,
Burglary, Homicide, Theft, P1ajor Case, Fugitive, and General Assignment sections.
Financing
The costs for this overage Lieutenant for the remainder of the 84-85 fiscal year
would be approximately $8,650. It is anticipated that the Department's salary
savings for this year would more than offset this additional expense.
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CITY COUNCIL
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City Se®retary of the
City of Fort +T~iGAB
SUBMITTED FOR THE DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BV
CITY MANAGER'S
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