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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Law Enforcement Officers throughout the State of Texas,
recognizing the need to improve the level of performance of local law
enforcement through training, education and minimum moral, mental and
physical standards, sought and obtained legislation in 1965, creating
the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education;
and
WHEREAS, since its creation, the Law Enforcement Commission has
steadfastly pursued the aims of its creators and through its efforts
45 police academies have been created and certified; law enforcement
instructors have been trained and certified and have taught thousands
of Texas Law Enforcement officers in such academies; law enforcement
degree programs have been established in 44 junior colleges and 32
universities, teaching a total of 13,996 students in the last semester
alone; management training for police administrators has been provided;
records management systems for local law enforcement agencies have been
developed; validated entry examinations have been developed and implemented
for police applicants; and through all these efforts the average educationa:
level of more than 30,000 law enforcement officers in the State of Texas
has increased significantly; and
WHEREAS, all of these achievements by the Commission have been
accomplished without a charge by the Commission to the officer or the
community in which the law enforcement department is located; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has previously relied primarily on federal
grants from the Governor's Criminal Justice Division for its funding,
with the State furnishing only 18% of the total budget from state general
revenue funds; and
WHEREAS, the Criminal Justice Council has passed a written resolut:
declaring that under its policies it can no longer fund the activities of
the Commission after September 1, 1977, and that such funding should be
secured from State general revenue funds; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Budget Board has voted to recommend to the
legislature that the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education be merged with the Board of Private Investigators and Private
Security Agencies, and has not only failed to recommend adequate funding
for the Commission, but has recommended reducing by 29% the State's current
funding of the Commission out of general revenue funds; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative that the Texas Commission on Law Enforce-
ment Officer Standards and Education remain an independent public service
agency dedicated solely to the service of law enforcement, and not be
joined with a private industry agency governing activities operated for
private profit; and that adequate funding from State general revenue funds
be provided to ensure the continued activities of the Commission.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The Legislative Budget Board be and is hereby requested to
reconsider its position and action in voting to merge the
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education with the Board of Private Investigators and Private
Security Agencies; and in event of failure of the Legislative
Budget Board to reverse its decisions that the legislature be
requested to vote against such merger.
2. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education remain an independent agency dedicated solely
to the service of law enforcement officers and departments
throughout the State.
3. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education be funded entirely from state general revenue
funds by passage of a bill adding a sufficient amount to
the court costs assessed law violators whose conduct neces-
sitate the establishment and maintenance of the criminal
justice system.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded
by the City Secretary to the Governor, each member of the Legislative Budget
Board and State Senator Kent Hance, and Representatives James E. (Pete).Laney,
Froy Salinas and Joe Robbins, in order that they may have made known to them
the extreme gravity and public concern which is expressed in this resolution.
Passed by the City Council this 27th day of January ,1977
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reva Phillips, City S retary-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Fred 0. Senter, ity Attorney