(A) The Chief of Police shall have authority and responsibility to organize the Police Department in order to effectively direct the patrol, investigative, administrative and law enforcement functions. The following grades shall constitute the members of the Police Department, in the number provided from time to time by the City Council, or its designated committee:
(1) Chief of Police;
(2) Deputy Chief;
(3) Commander. The commanders of police shall be superior officers to sergeants, corporals, patrol officer and other members of the Department and shall serve subject to the orders of the Director of Public Safety, Chief of Police or Deputy Chief, unless otherwise provided herein;
(4) Sergeant. The sergeants of police shall be superior officers to corporals, patrol officer and other members of the Department and shall serve subject to the orders of the Chief of Police, the Deputy Chief, and the Commanders, unless otherwise provided herein;
(5) Corporal. The corporals of police shall be superior officers to patrol officer and other members of the Department and shall serve subject to the orders of the Chief of Police, the Deputy Chiefs of Police, the Commanders and the Sergeants, unless otherwise provided herein; and
(6) Patrol officer.
(B) The City Council, after recommendation by the Chief of Police, and the appropriate committees, may change the grades and numbers of any grade of the Police Department by resolution or ordinance.
(C) The Police Department shall operate and function in accordance with the provisions of the state statutes in such cases made and provided, the provisions of this subchapter or any ordinance amendatory hereto, the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission of the city, the rules and regulations of the Police Department and general orders issued and promulgated by the Chief of Police in accordance with his or her lawful authority.
(Prior Code, § 33.037) (Ord. 2013-253, passed 11-26-2013)