2. MISSION STATEMENT:
The Addison Police Department is dedicated to a
standard of excellence in promoting and maintaining
a safe and peaceful community. We serve in a
community partnership to preserve order, protect life
and property, enforce laws and safeguard individual
liberties. We conduct ourselves according to the
highest ethical standards and treat others with
fairness, dignity and respect. We pledge to manage
our organization with professionalism, leadership and
integrity.
3. How I expect employees to carry
out the Mission Statement
• Empathy
• Respect for fellow employees
• Crusaders aren’t welcome
• Diversity matters
• Outcomes are more important than
process
7. TRAFFIC STOPS
•MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF PROJECTING
POLICE PRESENCE
•MEANS TO DETECT CRIMES THAT WOULD
OTHERWISE GO UNNOTICED
•ADDRESSES THE SINGLE GREATEST THREAT
THE PUBLIC FACES….TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
8. HOW DO WE DECIDE WHERE
TO WORK TRAFFIC?
•CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AT SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS
•OFFICER OBSERVATIONS
9. …IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR
POLICE OFFICIALS TO USE TRAFFIC
STOPS OR CITATIONS AS A
DISCIPLINE OR ACCOUNTABILITY
TOOL…
11. Municipal Court Fine and Court Cost
Summary
Type of Violation
Total Court Costs
set by State
Range of fine amount
set by State
Moving Traffic $99.10 $1.00 - $200.00
School Zone $124.10 $1.00 - $200.00
Passing a School Bus $124.10 $500.00 - $1250.00
Penal Code $66.00 $1.00 - $500.00
Non-Moving Traffic $66.00 $1.00 - $200.00
No Insurance $66.00 $175.00 - $1000.00
City Ordinance $66.00 $1.00 - $500.00
City Ordinance
involving health,
safety and fire $66.00 $1.00 - $2000.00
Parking $12.00
$1.00 - $500.00 except for
handicap $500.00 - $1000.00
12. Municipal Court Fine Summary For
Running a Stop Sign: 2014
Total Fine
& Amt. Received Amt. Sent to
Fine Amount Court Costs
Court
Costs By Addison State
RUN STOP SIGN $132.90 $99.10 $232.00 $154.61 $77.39
MOVING VIOLATIONS COURT COST Court Costs Addison's Part
State's
Part
Consolidated Court Cost (CCC) 40.00 4.00 36.00
State Traffic Fine 30.00 1.50 28.50
Municipal Court Building Security Fee
(MCBS) 3.00 3.00 0.00
Municipal Court Technology Fund (MCTF) 4.00 4.00 0.00
Traffic Fund (TFC) 3.00 3.00 0.00
Arrest Fee 5.00 5.00 0.00
Indigent Defense Fee 2.00 0.20 1.80
State Juror Reimbursement Fee 4.00 0.40 3.60
Judicial Support Fee 6.00 0.60 5.40
Truancy Prevention and Diversion Fund
(TPDF) 2.00 0.00 2.00
Moving Violation Fee 0.10 0.01 0.09
$99.10 $21.71 $77.39