15-APPROVAL TO AMEND CHAPTER 26 SECTION 26-1

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Submittal Date: 10/04/2012 Council Date: 11/12/2012 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET Originating Departrnent: I Presented By: Police Chief Hundley RECOMMENDED MOTION: Approval to Amend Chapter 26, Section 26-1. Agenda Item No.: 15. POLICY ISSUE�S�: Police Department Renaming Police Supervisors — Reorganization BACKGROiJND: This change will allow for a more detailed comparative analysis with other police agencies and begin the process of restructuring the supervision of the police department. Many times when our department is compared with other departments, there is a disparity in supervisory positions. For many years, our rank structure has included Corporals, Sergeants and Lieutenants. The Corporal rank is not used widely by other departments. Out of nine departments in cities close to our population, only 4(including Paris) use a corporal position. The corporal position is used by the department as a field supervisor for uniform patrol operations. The sergeant position is in charge of a patrol shift, or a squad supervisor in CID and a Lieutenant is in charge of a division. In other departments, a sergeant is the field supervisor, a lieutenant is in charge of a shift and a captain or higher ranks are division commanders. My wish is to change these titles to those which are more commonly used by other departments. There is absolutely no change in job responsibility or pay. No test is required as no new positions as to job description or pay are being created, only the title of the position held by the officer at this time is changed. There is no increase or decrease in budget requirements by doing this change. The second point of making this change is to begin reorganization of the department to a span of control more acceptable to modern supervisory methods. We have some divisions that are simply too heavy in supervision and others that are lacking in proper span of control. The process for restructure will involve a few years to complete and will be accomplished by attrition. As supervisors leave the department, decisions will be made as to where and what rank supervision is needed. The name changes requested in Section 26-1 are: (2) 3 Police Lieutenants to 3 Police Captains, (3) 9 Police Sergeants to 9 Police Lieutenants and (4) 4 Police Corporals to 4 Police Sergeants BOARD�COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: EXHIBITS: Ordinance ACTION: ❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order ❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution ❑ Presentation � Ordinance ❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other FISCAL NOTES: BUDGET INFO: Expense $ Budgeted Amt. $ YTD Actual $ Acct. Name Acct. Number City of Paris Revised 6/20/12 I�