Chico Municipal Code § 2.28.040 Adherence to recruitment and training standards while receiving Peace Officer…

There is hereby established the police department of the city.

(Prior code §2.22 (Ord. 669))

The functions of the police department shall include:

A. Prevent crime and maintain law and order in the city by enforcing the laws of the United States, the state, and the city, except when the enforcement is vested by law in another office or officer;

B. Maintain in efficient operable condition those crime prevention and law enforcement systems and facilities assigned to the police department;

C. Subject to the prior approval of the city manager, recruit and train such reserve police officers or other such volunteer police personnel as may reasonably be required to augment the regular police department staff levels;

D. To serve subpoenas duly and properly issued in the name of the city and attested by the city clerk compelling attendance of witnesses before the council or any commission, board or officer of the city; and

E. Perform such other duties as the city manager may direct.

(Prior code §2.23 (Ord. 669), Ord. 2268)

The police department shall be headed by a police chief who shall be responsible for the direction and control of all functions assigned to that department. The police department shall be organized, maintained and operated by the police chief under the general administrative direction and subject to the approval of the city manager.

(Prior code §2.24 (Ord. 669))

At all times while the city is receiving financial aid from the State of California under the provisions of Article 3, Chapter l, Title 4, Part 4 of the California Penal Code, in the form of allocations from the Peace Officer's Training Fund, the city will, pursuant to Section 13522 of said Article 3, adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of police officers and public safety dispatchers as established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(Ord. 1757 §2)

A. The City Council has made the following determinations:

1. The military equipment identified in the Chico Military Equipment Use Policy ("Policy") is necessary because there is no reasonable alternative that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety;

2. The Chico Military Equipment Use Policy will safeguard the public's welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties;

3. The military equipment identified in the Policy is reasonably cost effective compared to available alternatives that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety;

4. Prior military equipment use complied with the applicable equipment use policy (which included equipment now defined as military equipment) that was in effect at the time, or if prior uses did not comply with the accompanying military equipment use policy, corrective action has been taken to remedy nonconforming uses and ensure future compliance;

B. The Police Department has submitted a proposed Policy to the City Council and has made those documents available on the Police Department's website for at least 30 days prior to the public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue.

C. The Policy was considered by the City Council as an agenda item in an open session of a regular meeting, noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, at which public comment was permitted.

D. The Policy shall be made publicly available on the Police Department's website for as long as the military equipment is available for use.

E. The Police Department shall submit an annual military equipment report to the City Council, containing the information required in Government Code Section 7072, and the City Council shall determine whether each type of military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in (A)(l)-(4) above.

F. The City Council shall review this ordinance, and vote on whether to renew it, on an annual basis at a regular meeting, in accordance with Government Code Section 7071(e)(2).

G. The City Council approves the use of the Policy, General Order 709, and finds that it satisfies the requirements of Government Code Section 7070.

(Ord. 2576 §2)