MTAS Police Management Consultant Rex Barton hosted a online roundtable discussion with 15 police chiefs regarding innovative things they are doing to attract and retain new recruits. The attached is summary of that discussion.
| Police--Personnel Police--Tennessee Personnel--Selection and recruitment--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked if a city could "piggyback" on bids for garbage trucks and toters, even if the city was not specifically named in the bidding city's documents.
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piggybackBidding.pdf
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| Purchasing--Bids Purchasing--Laws and regulations |
The purpose of this General Order is to reaffirm this department's commitment to unbiased policing, clarify the circumstances in which race or affiliation can be used as a factor to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause, and to reinforce procedures that serve to assure the public that we are providing service and enforcing laws in a fair and equitable manner.
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Biased-based policing policy.pdf
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Biased-based policing policy.docx
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| Police--Forms Police--Administration Police--Community relations Police--Procedures Police--Training Police--Personnel Racism Ethics |
MTAS was asked to assist with wording a disclaimer to be used on a city's Website so that the city would not be liable for any misinterpretations of the zoning map.
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Website_disclaimer.pdf
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| Web sites Zoning Maps and mapping |
Summary of the results of a survey about opting out of the provision to make guns legal in parks.
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MTAS Guns in Parks Survey summary.pdf
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| Weapons--Surveys Parks and recreation--Surveys |
Legal information regarding group homes of varying types in both state and federal law.
| Zoning--Group homes |
MTAS was asked whether the utility board can agree to a contract clause that limits increases in water rates to those based on the consumer price index.
| Utilities--Rates and charges Utilities--Extension policies Utilities--Boards Water--Rates and charges |
Six cities were asked several questions about permits for special events and mass gatherings.
| Festivals and celebrations Licenses and permits Parades |
MTAS was asked to evaluate and make recommendations for the Parks and Recommnedations Dept. of the Town of Smyrna.
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Smyrna Parks and Recreation Study.pdf
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| Parks and recreation--Administration Smyrna (Tenn) |
E-book that includes discussion of how fixed pay and variable pay work together to attract, retain, and motivate employees.
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Employee compensation basics.pdf
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| Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Merit systems |