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==Government== ===Local government=== [[File:McKinney City Hall (March 2025).jpg|thumb|McKinney City Hall]] According to the ''Comprehensive Annual Financial Report'' (2016), the city's various funds had $324.6 million in total revenues, $247.9 million in total expenditures, $1.36 billion in total assets, $437.6 million in total liabilities, and $363.9 million in cash and investments.<ref>[https://www.mckinneytexas.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1570 City of McKinney CAFR] Retrieved April 10, 2017</ref> The McKinney City Council has seven members. Two members and the mayor are elected at large, and four members are elected to single-member districts. McKinney's city manager serves under the direction of the city council, and administers and coordinates the implementation of procedures, policies, and ordinances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mckinneytexas.org/141/City-Manager |title=City Manager | McKinney, TX - Official Website |publisher=Mckinneytexas.org |access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> The city of McKinney is a voluntary member of the [[North Central Texas Council of Governments]] association, the purpose of which is to coordinate individual and collective local governments and facilitate regional solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions. ===State government=== McKinney is represented in the [[Texas Senate]] by Republican [[Angela Paxton]], District 8, and Republican [[Drew Springer]], District 30. McKinney is also represented in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] by Republican [[Keresa Richardson]], District 61.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Represents Me? |url=https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/map?address=&city=McKinney&zip=&county= |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=wrm.capitol.texas.gov}}</ref> Before Richardson, McKinney was represented in the Texas House by [[Frederick Frazier]] who was indicted in June 2022 on two charges of impersonating a public servant, a felony offense. He pleaded no contest in December 2023 as part of a plea agreement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/frederick-frazier-plea-deal-impersonating-public-servant-texas/ | title=McKinney state Rep. Frederick Frazier pleads no contest to charges he impersonated a public servant | date=December 5, 2023 }}</ref> ===Federal government=== At the federal level, Texas's U.S. senators are [[John Cornyn]] and [[Ted Cruz]]. McKinney is in the [[Texas's 3rd congressional district|3rd Congressional district]], which is represented by [[Keith Self]]. A small part of west McKinney is in the [[Texas's 4th congressional district|4th Congressional district]] which is represented by Pat Fallon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DistrictViewer |url=https://dvr.capitol.texas.gov/Congress/0/PLANC2193 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=dvr.capitol.texas.gov}}</ref> ===Police department=== The McKinney Police Department is the primary municipal law enforcement agency that serves the city. Chief Joe Ellenburg is the head of the department. As of 2023, the department had 252 sworn peace officers and 81 non-sworn civilian positions.<ref name="mckinneytexas1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinneytexas.org/483/About-Us|title=About Us | McKinney, TX - Official Website|website=www.mckinneytexas.org}}</ref> The department was awarded national accredited status from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinneytexas.org/1660/Agency-Accreditation|title=Agency Accreditation | McKinney, TX - Official Website|website=www.mckinneytexas.org}}</ref> and is also a Texas Police Chief's Association Foundation (TPCAF) Recognized Agency,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinneytexas.org/484/Agency-Recognition|title=Agency Recognition | McKinney, TX - Official Website|website=www.mckinneytexas.org}}</ref> making it only the third agency in Texas to receive both state and national accreditation.<ref name="mckinneytexas1" /> Notable recent incidents in the department's history include the high-profile investigation of the [[McKinney homicide]] that claimed the lives of two adults and two high school football players;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.townsquarebuzz.com/truett-st-tragedy-then-and-now-the-night-our-innocence-vanished/ |title=Truett St Tragedy Then and Now | work=Town Square Buzz | date=March 7, 2014 | access-date=December 2, 2016 | author=Derryberry, Dylan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619160051/http://www.townsquarebuzz.com/truett-st-tragedy-then-and-now-the-night-our-innocence-vanished/ | archive-date=19 Jun 2017 }}</ref> a 2010 attack on the police department headquarters by a gunman who fired over 100 rifle rounds at the building and employees after attempting to detonate a truck and trailer full of explosives;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Shots-Fired-Outside-McKinney-Police-Station-100886034.html |title=Man Fires More Than 100 Rounds at Police Headquarters | work=NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth | date=August 17, 2010 | access-date=December 2, 2016 | author=Heinz, Frank}}</ref> and protests and media attention after a video was released of the [[2015 Texas pool party incident]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/08/texas-police-officer-reaction-pool-party/28673177/ | title=Texas police officer in pool party video identified | work=USA Today | date=June 8, 2015 | access-date=June 9, 2015 | author=Zakalik, Lauren}}</ref>
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