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Council debates allowing uniformed off-duty Topeka officers to work private security
Summary
City police leaders proposed revising municipal code 5.90.20 to permit uniformed off-duty Topeka Police Department officers to work secondary-employment security for private employers and state agencies, subject to chief approval.
City police leaders proposed revising municipal code 5.90.20 to give the police chief authority to permit uniformed off-duty Topeka Police Department officers to work secondary-employment security for private employers and state agencies.
"Once they put on that uniform, they are TPD officers, and they belong to me, and accountability is to them, and ultimately to me as chief of police," Chief Chris Vallejo said,…
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