ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS

1. There is established a seven member Board of Police Commissioners for the
purpose of organizing and maintaining a police department in the Town of East Lyme.
The Board shall have all the authority, powers and responsibilities set forth in Section 7-
276 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as it may be amended from time to time.

2. (A) _The Board of Police Commissioners shall consist of the First Selectman and
six resident electors of the Town appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The terms of
the appointed members shall be as follows: three terms shall be ?lled by appointment
until the ?rst Monday of January, 2018, at which time they shall be ?lled by appointment
for four years. Three terms shall be ?lled by appointment until the ?rst Monday of
January, 2020, at which time they will be ?lled by appointment for four years.

(B) Appointed members of the Board of Police Commissioners may serve no
more than two consecutive terms. A member who has served two consecutive terms
may not be reappointed to the Board until four years have elapsed from the conclusion
of his or her most recent term. A First Selectman who has ceased to occupy said of?ce
may not be appointed to the Board until four years have elapsed from the conclusion of
his or her most recent term as First Selectman.

(C) No appointed member of the Board of Police Commissioners shall hold any
other Elective or appointed office within the Town.

(D) The First Selectman shall have the right to vote at meetings of the Board of
Police Commissioners.

3. The Board shall have all of the powers given by the general statutes to boards of
police commissioners, shall have general management and supervision of the police
department of the town and of the property and equipment used in connection
therewith, shall make all needful regulations for the government thereof not contrary to
law or applicable collective bargaining agreements and may prescribe suitable penalties
for the violation of any such regulation. The Board shall have the sole power of
appointment, promotion and removal of the of?cers and members of such police
department, under such regulations as it adopts for the purpose, and such appointees
shall hold of?ce during good behavior and until removed for cause upon written charges
and after hearing. The members of such police department shall have all such authority
with respect to the service of criminal process and the enforcement of the criminal laws
as is vested by the general statutes in police officers and constables.

4. The Police Department, under the direction of the Board of Police
Commissioners, shall be responsible for the preservation of the public peace,
prevention of crime, apprehension of criminals, regulation of traf?c, protection of rights
of persons and property and enforcement of the laws of the state, and the ordinances of
the town and all rules and regulations made in accordance therewith. All members of
the department, except clerks, shall have the same powers and duties with respect to

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the service of criminal process and enforcement of the criminal laws as are vested in
of?cers by the general statutes.

5. The Police Department shall consist of a chief of police and such other of?cers of
rank, patrolmen, supernumeraries and clerks as may be necessary to discharge the
duties of the Police Department. The establishment of grades within the department
shall be at the discretion of the Board of Police Commissioners.

6. The appointment of the chief of police shall be made only after certi?cation of the
applicant by the State of Connecticut Police Of?cer Standards and Training Council.
The chief. or in hislher absence, the of?cer of rank designated by the Board of Police
Commissioners. shall be responsible for the administration of the affairs of the Police
Department. under the direction of the Board of Police Commissioners. The duties of
the chief shall include. but not be limited to, the following:

A. Be responsible for the day to day operation of the police department; report on
such operation to the Board of Police Commissioners at such intervals as said
Board shall establish;

B. Initiate and cause to be carried out a continuing program for instruction and
training of personnel for the department;

C. Develop and preserve system records with respect to law enforcement and
other activities of department personnel and communications maintained by the
department;

D. Maintain records of all personnel within the department, by rank. grade and
category, and render periodic reports to the Board of Police Commissioners
with respect to the performance of duty of such personnel;

E. Establish schedules and rules with respect to the kind of duties within the
department;

F. Be personally responsible for the review of records with respect to all arrests,
accidents and complaints made by or to the department and render a 
report to the Board of Police Commissioners with respect thereto.

G. Report to the Board of Police Commissioners any neglect of duty or violation of
the department?s rules and regulations after any such neglect or
violation comes to his/her attention.

7. The chief of police may be suspended or removed from of?ce by the Board of

Police Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General
Statutes, as it may be amended from time to time.

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8. (A) The Board of Police Commissioners may establish policies and procedures
regarding the assignment of any member or members of the Police Department to
special duty on or near private premises or the highways adjacent thereto within the
town whenever in the opinion of said Board the activities conducted thereon shall or
may cause persons to congregate or create a hazardous condition, such as
construction or utility projects, concerts, sporting events, circuses, carnivals, fairs,
motion pictures, outdoor theaters, bars, restaurants or other places to preserve the
public safety.

(B) The owner or operator of any such private premises upon which any such
activity is conducted within the town shall accept and use the police so assigned to or
near such premises and shall pay to the treasurer of the town such rate of
compensation as shall be determined by the Board of Police Commissioners for such
special duty. Said payment shall be made in accordance with such procedures as shall
be established by the Board of Police Commissioners.

(C) Police so assigned to such special duty shall be subject to the rules and
regulations of the department.

(D) No person shall operate within the town any construction or utility project,
concert, sporting event, circus, carnival, fair, motion picture, outdoor theater, bar,
restaurant or other place to which or adjacent to which premises the Board of Police
Commissioners has assigned any police without ?rst having accepted and used such
number of police as have been assigned thereto.

9. For purposes of this ordinance and transition from the constabulary, the Police
Department shall be considered as "established" when the Board of Police
Commissioners has adopted such regulations and procedures as may be necessary or
desirable for the proper functioning of a police department, and suf?cient funds have
been appropriated to the Board and a chief of police has been appointed and sworn.
The Board of Police Commissioners shall certify to the Town Clerk and the Board of
Selectmen the date on which the Police Department is established.

(A) On the date the Police Department is established, the appointment of
Constables pursuant to the ordinance entitled "Amended Ordinance Concerning Terms
of Appointment and Quali?cations of Constables" shall terminate, and the full time
officers in active service and in good standing as Constables shall be of?cers of the
Police Department.

(B) On the date the Police Department is established, the ordinance entitled
?Resolution Designating First Selectman as Town Agent to act as Chief of Police" shall
be repealed.

(C) On the date the Police Department is established, the ordinance entitled
?Resolution Regarding Establishment of a Resident State Policeman in the Town of
East Lyme" shall be repealed.

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10. On the date that the Police Department is established, of?cers who were
appointed by the Board of Selectmen as Constables pursuant to the ordinance entitled
"Amended Ordinance Concerning Terms of Appointment and Quali?cations of
Constables" and are in active service and in good standing on the effective date of this
ordinance, shall be of?cers of the Police Department, with such rank,-years of service
and other classi?cations and categories as are commensurate with their positions in the
constabulary. Unsworn clerks and administrative personnel who are in active service
and in good standing on the effective date of this ordinance shall be employees of the
Police Department in positions commensurate with their previous service for the
constabulary.

11. On the date the Police Department is established, all business pending with the
constabulary, including but not limited to applications, permits, patrols, arrests,
investigations, enforcement actions, warrants and all other open or pending items of
business of any nature whatsoever, and records of any kind or nature whatsoever
pertaining to the law enforcement and administrative functions of the constabulary, shall
be transferred to and continue to be pending at the Police Department. All items of
property and equipment used in connection with the business of the constabulary shall
continue to be used by the Police Department.

12. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be 2016.

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