The police department of the city shall be composed of the chief of police and fifty-six (56) members classified as follows:
(1) 
One (1) assistant police chief.
(2) 
Three (3) police captains.
(3) 
Six (6) police lieutenants.
(4) 
Six (6) police sergeants.
(5) 
Forty (40) police officers.
(1970 Code, sec. 25-1; Ordinance 2027, sec. 1, adopted 6/7/71; Ordinance 2123, sec. 1, adopted 12/21/72; Ordinance 2237, sec. 1, adopted 8/11/75; Ordinance 2392, sec. 1, adopted 6/15/78; Ordinance 2453, sec. 1, adopted 6/18/79; Ordinance 84-068, sec. 2, adopted 9/10/84; Ordinance 89-037, sec. 1, adopted 10/2/89; Ordinance 90-047, sec. 1, adopted 11/12/90; Ordinance 92-030, sec. 1, adopted 7/13/92; Ordinance 93-015, sec. 1, adopted 4/12/93; Ordinance 93-054, sec. 1, adopted 10/28/93; Ordinance 94-044; Ordinance 94-045, sec. 1, adopted 10/6/94; Ordinance 95-039, sec. 1, adopted 9/14/95; Ordinance 96-056, sec. 1, adopted 9/23/96; Ordinance 98-029, sec. 1, adopted 7/13/98; Ordinance 99-041, sec. 1, adopted 6/14/99; Ordinance 99-062, sec. 1, adopted 9/9/99; Ordinance 2001-044, sec. 1, adopted 7/9/01; Ordinance 2002-008, sec. 1, adopted 2/11/02; Ordinance 2002-047, sec. 2, adopted 9/26/02; Ordinance 2003-005, sec. 2, adopted 2/10/03; Ordinance 2004-003, sec. 2, adopted 1/12/04; Ordinance 2004-045, sec. 2, adopted 9/13/04; Ordinance 2007-003, sec. 2, adopted 2/26/07; Ordinance 2007-035, sec. 2, adopted 9/24/07; Ordinance 2008-041, sec. 2, adopted 11/10/08; Ordinance 2010-022, sec. 2, adopted 6/14/10; Ordinance 2011-001, sec. 2, adopted 1/24/11; Ordinance 2012-035, sec. 3, adopted 11/26/12; Ordinance 2013-030, sec. 5, adopted 9/23/13; Ordinance 2016-028, sec. 2, adopted 9/26/16; Ordinance 2017-036, sec. 2, adopted 9/11/17; Ordinance 2018-042, sec. 2, adopted 12/10/18; 1988 Code, sec. 26-1; Ordinance 2019-019 adopted 6/10/19)
In accordance with V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, chapter 143, section 143.014, the chief of police of the city shall, in accordance with the aforesaid civil service law, appoint the individual within the police department to serve as assistant chief of police.
(Ordinance 2004-046, sec. 2, adopted 9/13/04; 1988 Code, sec. 26-2)
Each member of the police department shall furnish his own transportation to and from work, except those policemen who are furnished with a city car that they keep overnight, and except that, when any member of the police department is called out on an emergency, the regular patrol cars may transport him to and from his home.
(1970 Code, sec. 25-3; 1988 Code, sec. 26-3)
Arrests without warrant shall be made in accordance with Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, article 14.01 et seq.
(1970 Code, sec. 25-4; 1988 Code, sec. 26-4; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
(a) 
All unclaimed or abandoned personal property of every kind, including stolen property, except whiskey, wine and beer, in the possession of the police department and which is not held as evidence to be used in any pending case, and has not been ordered destroyed or returned to the person entitled to possession of the same by a magistrate, which shall remain unclaimed for a period of thirty (30) days shall be disposed of in accord with this section.
(b) 
The chief of police shall mail a notice to the last known address of the owner of such property by certified mail. Such notice shall describe the property being held and shall state that, if the owner does not claim such property within six (6) months from the date of the notice, such property will be sold and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the reasonable expense of keeping such property and the costs of the sale, placed in the city treasury.
(c) 
If the owner of such property is unknown or if the address of the owner is unknown, then the chief of police shall cause to be published once, in a paper of general circulation in the city, a notice containing a description of the property held, the name of the owner if known, and a statement that, if the owner does not claim such property within six (6) months from the date of the publication, such property will be sold and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the reasonable expense of keeping such property and the costs of sale, placed in the city treasury.
(d) 
The sale of any property under this section shall be preceded by a notice published once at least three (3) weeks prior to the date of such sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, stating the description of the property, the name of the owner if known and the date and place that such sale will occur. If the chief of police shall consider any bid as insufficient, he need not sell such property but may decline such bid and re-offer such property for sale.
(e) 
The real owner of any property sold under this section shall have the right, within thirty (30) days after such sale, to file a claim to the proceeds of such sale with the city council. If the claim is allowed by the council, the director of finance shall pay the owner such funds as were paid into the treasury of the city as proceeds of the sale. If the claim is denied by the council or if the council fails to act upon such claim within ninety (90) days, the claimant may sue the director of finance in a court of competent jurisdiction and, upon sufficient proof of ownership, recover judgment against the city for the recovery of the proceeds of the sale.
(1970 Code, sec. 25-5; 1988 Code, sec. 26-5)