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Mooresville police commission approves four new SOPs, updates radio policy
Summary
The Mooresville Police Commission approved four standard operating procedures on Oct. 23, 2025 — covering officer role and authority, bias-free policing, TASER energy weapons and updated radio runs — and discussed radio encryption and recording practices.
The Mooresville Police Commission approved four new or revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) at its Oct. 23 meeting, voting unanimously on each item.
Chief of Police presented the set of policies and described their intent. "I sent you 4, new SOPs for review in no specific order. SOP 1.01, which is law enforcement role and authority... 1.02, which is called bias free policing... 2.04 is the TASER energy weapons... and the last 1 is a is version 2 of 3.03, which is police radio runs," the chief said.
The commission approved the law enforcement role and authority SOP (SOP 1.01) by voice vote, recorded as 3–0. Commissioner Charles praised the draft, saying, "I think it's a very good SOP... the verbiage is excellent." The commission also approved the bias-free policing policy (SOP 1.02), the upgraded TASER energy-weapons policy (SOP 2.04) and the revised police radio runs procedure (SOP 3.03); each motion carried by voice vote and was recorded as 3–0.
On the radio-runs update, the chief and commissioners discussed encryption and recording. The chief described an encrypted channel created for sensitive incidents: "We created an encrypted channel and called it Mooresville attack. So if we get on a scene and we need to talk without everybody hearing us... we'll switch everybody... to Mooresville attack." He also said console traffic that goes through the dispatcher is recorded and follows the department's retention policy.
The TASER policy discussion covered device differences and use considerations. The chief said the new devices have different deployment mechanics: "The new tasers have 10 darts in them, and you can continuously shoot somebody with the taser until you get a good connection." Commissioners asked about special considerations such as elevated positions and juveniles; those considerations remain in the draft.
The bias-free policing SOP was presented as covering training, compliance and complaint handling; commissioners discussed overlap with the town personnel handbook and agreed supervisors should handle many initial complaints.
Votes at a glance: - Approval of minutes (Aug. 21): approved (motion and second; tally not specified verbally beyond voice agreement). - SOP 1.01 (Law enforcement role and authority): approved, 3–0. - SOP 1.02 (Bias-free policing): approved, 3–0. - SOP 2.04 (TASER energy weapons): approved, 3–0. - SOP 3.03 (Police radio runs): approved, 3–0.
The commission did not discuss any amendments to the written SOPs during the meeting and directed staff to publish the policies to the department's online policy system so officers can acknowledge review electronically.
