Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 2.19 Police Department

A Police Department is hereby created. The principal duties of the Police Department shall include the following:

(a) To prevent crime and maintain law and order in the Town by enforcing the laws of the United States, the State, and the Town and by cooperating with other agencies when enforcement is, by law, vested in another office or officer;

(b) To maintain in efficient operable condition those crime prevention and law enforcement systems and facilities assigned to the Police Department;

(c) To recruit and train such volunteer and reserve personnel as may reasonably be required to augment regular Police Department manpower; and

(d) To perform such other duties as the Town Manager may direct.

There shall be a Chief of Police who shall be appointed by, and be responsible to, the Town Manager. The Chief of Police, subject to the approval of the Town Manager, shall organize and maintain such division or offices in the Police Department as the operations may require and shall be responsible for the direction and control of all functions assigned to the Police Department.

The Rules and Regulations of the Police Department shall provide for a system of logical and orderly succession to command and order of precedence of all officers of the Police Department.

A Reserve Division of the Police Department is hereby created, the manual strength of which shall be determined by the Town Manager and Police Chief from time to time, subject to budgetary limitations. The Police Chief, subject to the approval of the Town Manager, shall establish the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Reserve Division.

(ORD 93-19 06-03-93)