Hickman commission reviews proposed police policy manual; no formal adoption recorded

City staff presented a draft municipal order to adopt an updated City of Hickman Police Department Policy and Procedure Manual and walked commissioners through the packet, but the transcript does not record a formal adoption vote.

An unidentified staff speaker explained the manual is based on model policies provided by 'KOC' and said the city adapted them to fit local operations. "are all model policies, given to us by KOC," the speaker said, and noted one operational change was required: evidence storage. The speaker described Hickman’s facility as having one evidence room rather than separate wet, dry and firearms storage, and said he had "spoke[n] with John Clark" who "has approved everything."

Another speaker (Speaker 6) read the municipal order into the record, identified in the transcript as "Municipal Order 25 24," and stated the order would adopt the department manual by reference and supersede prior inconsistent municipal orders. The copy read on the record included blank lines for the manual's effective date.

Commissioners asked practical questions about distribution and proof of review; staff said each policy is tabbed and that officers sign a front-page acknowledgement with unit number, date and time when they review each policy. No roll-call or recorded vote to adopt the manual appears in the provided transcript.

The presentation established that staff and an outside contact referenced as John Clark have reviewed the draft; the commission deferred any final, recorded action in the excerpt available. The commission may take a recorded adoption vote at a later meeting or on a subsequent agenda when the municipal order is placed for final action.