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Trophy Club police outline recruitment, safety programs, micro‑mobility rules and pause on drone purchase
Summary
Chief Grama told the CCPD board the department expects to offer a recruit a spot soon, outlined plans for golf‑cart and micro‑mobility ordinance changes, expanded an elderly ID/QR program and said drone procurement is paused pending a December 2025 federal review under the NDAA.
Chief Grama gave an operational update at the Nov. 19 CCPD board meeting, saying the department expects to make an offer to a recruit soon and will send that recruit to a six‑month police academy followed by four to five months of field training.
He said the department currently has two open officer positions and expects a third to open, and described an over‑hire strategy that keeps a steady pipeline of cadets ready to fill vacancies. "We're most probably gonna make an offer in the next couple days to a recruit to put them in the academy," Chief Grama said.
Chief Grama also summarized safety initiatives funded by CCPD, including traffic safety enforcement and a recent study on micro‑mobility. Staff plan to recommend ordinance changes to town council that would require seat belts on golf carts when children are aboard, set helmet and lighting requirements for electric scooters and classify different e‑bike classes for rulemaking. "One would be for the golf cart ordinance to see about adding seat belts if you're gonna have kids," he said.
The police are expanding an "elderly take‑back" program to register vulnerable residents in a database with a photograph and emergency contact details; officers will be able to scan a QR or barcode on an ID to quickly find contact information. Chief Grama said the program currently has about 12–15 participants and the department will issue ID cards with a first name and a QR code.
On transparency, staff are exploring ways to publish near‑real‑time crime data by drawing feeds from the department’s CAD system into an online dashboard that would include crime stats, annual reporting, use‑of‑force data and policies. Chief Grama said the department is preparing a draft RFP to add covered parking for department vehicles — citing roughly $150,000 in recent hail damage repairs — and that new vehicles will arrive in the next two to three months.
Finally, Chief Grama said the department has put a planned drone purchase on hold pending a mandated federal report in December 2025 under the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which will evaluate safety and security implications for certain foreign‑manufactured drones. "That report is due and mandated in December 2025," he said. The chief said the drone being considered is an Autel model (described in the meeting as manufactured in China but reportedly moving production to Vietnam) and that staff will revisit the procurement after the federal guidance.
The board closed the meeting after the chief’s update and adjourned at 6:32 p.m.
