Texas Local Government Code 143.1216 – Certain Nondisciplinary Actions
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(a) The department may use a supervisory intervention procedure or a policy and procedure inquiry to modify a police officer’s behavior through:
(1) positive encouragement;
(2) counseling;
(3) job skills training;
(4) repeat task performances, classes, or exercises; or
(5) reeducation efforts, including a review of:
(A) general department orders;
(B) standard operating procedures; or
(C) lesson plans from a police officer training academy.
(b) A supervisory intervention procedure or a policy and procedure inquiry regarding a police officer is not considered a disciplinary action for any purpose.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 143.1216
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
(c) A police officer who is the subject of a supervisory intervention procedure or a policy and procedure inquiry may not file an appeal or grievance regarding the action taken by the department.
(d) The department may not include a record of a supervisory intervention procedure or a policy and procedure inquiry regarding a police officer in the police officer’s personnel file maintained under § 143.089 or in the department file maintained under § 143.089(g).
(e) The department may include a record of a supervisory intervention procedure or a policy and procedure inquiry regarding a police officer in a file maintained by the division of the department in which the police officer is employed. The record in the division file may be considered in a periodic performance evaluation of the police officer’s performance only if the supervisory intervention procedure or policy and procedure inquiry occurred during the performance period that is the subject of the performance evaluation.
(f) The department may maintain an electronic record of supervisory intervention procedures or policy and procedure inquiries that may be used only by the department for tracking and statistical purposes.