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Council Bill No.
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RESOLUTION NO. __________
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC POLICY RELATIVE TO THE
PROVISION OF POLICE SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA CITY, OREGON.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA CITY,
OREGON.
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Columbia City
conducted a workshop on September 9, 2008, for the purpose of developing the
elements of a public policy statement regarding the provision of policing
services for Columbia City; and,
WHEREAS, during the workshop the City Council worked on the
development of philosophical statements of policing principles and defined the
organizational personality of what the community expects in the Police
Department and its members.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council adopts
the following philosophical statements of policing principles for the City of
Columbia City:
CITY OF COLUMBIA CITY POLICING PRINCIPALS:
1. To
prevent crime and disorder as an alternative to reactive apprehension of
offenders and the severity of legal punishments.
2. To
recognize always that the power of the police to fulfill their functions and
duties is dependent on public approval of their existence, actions and
behavior, and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect.
3. To
recognize always that to achieve and maintain the respect and approval of the
public means also acquiring the willing cooperation of the public in the task
of voluntary compliance in the observance of laws.
4. To
recognize always that the extent to which the cooperation of the public can be
secured diminishes, proportionately, the necessity of the use of physical force
and compulsion for achieving police objectives.
5, To
seek and to preserve public favor, not be pandering to public opinion, but by
constantly demonstrating absolutely impartial service to law, in complete
independence of politics and without regard to the justice or injustices of the
substance of individual laws; by ready offering of individual service and
friendship to all members of the public without regard to their wealth or
social standing; by ready offering of sacrifice in protecting and preserving
life.
6. To
use physical force only when the exercise of persuasion, advise, and warning is
found to be insufficient to obtain public cooperation to an extent necessary to
secure observance of law or to restore order; and to use only the minimum
degree of physical force which is necessary on any particular occasion for
achieving a police objective.
7.
To maintain at all times a
relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that
the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being
only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties
which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and
existence.
8. To
recognize always the need for strict adherence to police executive functions,
and to refrain from even seeming to usurp the powers of the judiciary or
avenging individuals or the state, and of authoritatively judging guilt and
punishing the guilty.
9. To
recognize always that the test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and
disorder, and not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby formally
refines its expectations by characterizing the Columbia City Police
Department's personality with the following defining terms:
TERMS DEFINING COLUMBIA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
CHARACTERISTICS:
Ø Personable
Ø Professional
Ø Unquestioned Ethics
Ø High Integrity
Ø Absolute Honesty
Ø Polite
Ø Customer Service Priority
Ø High Visibility
Ø Cautious
Ø Spirit of the Law
Ø Equal Treatment
Ø Schedule Variations
Ø Good Emergency Response
Ø Educate Public
o
Crime Prevention
o
Transparency
Ø Availability
Ø Accountability
Ø Follow-Through
Ø Meet Professional Standards (Best Practices and
Accreditation)
Ø Well Equipped
Ø Citizens feel safe in their persons and property
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby formally
prohibits the following characteristics within the Columbia City Police
Department's personality:
COLUMBIA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT PROHIBITIONS:
Ø Arrogance
Ø Abuse of Power