15-APPROVAL TO AMEND CHAPTER 26 SECTION 26-1Submittal 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:
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City of Paris Revised 6/20/12
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