City Council Agenda and Packet 1978 11 08

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TO: LOUISVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM: Bruce Joss, City Attorney RE: Updating of police procedures Due to the situation concerning the cancellation of the police liability insurance, the City Administrator. the Chief of Police and aayeelf have reviewed all of the rules, procedures and policies concerning the police department. The following areas aro being reviewed and have been updated or will be in the very near future. We seek any input or any suggestions which you night have. I. A. TRAINING. The department will adopt certain minimum training requirements for all new officers. In addition, a certain amount of training or review will be required on an annual basis for each officer. Hopefully, this program will be in effect by the end of the year. (1) WEAPONS TRAINING: All active officers will be required to qualify at the range with their weapons on a regular basis. Any officer who does not qualify will not be permitted to carry the weapon. Training and qualifying with shotguns will now be a mandatory part of your training. Shooting at the range on a regular basis of both side arms and shot- guns will be required of all officers. B. PERSONNEL CODE. The department's personnel manual will be reviewed and revised. The City's Personnel Code will take precedent for any areas covered therein. All officers are urged to review this Code. C. OFF DUTY RESPONSIBILITIES. Officers are no longer authorized to be armed while off-duty. No officer shall be allowed to carry a city owned or issued weapon while off-duty. If any officer chooses to carry his own weapon while off-duty, he will not be acting as an agent of the City and does so at his own risk. D. ACTIONS OUTSIDE OP THE CITY. Your duties and authority as an officer are limited to the City limits of Louisville. . While off-duty, you have no authority to act as a law enforcement officer anywhere outside of the City. Any such actions are at your own risk.