EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 4 OF 2018

WHEREAS, Westchester County is committed to establishing a system of
transparency in government operations so as to promote accountability and provide
information freely to its residents;

WHEREAS, the issue of the appointments of ?Police Chaplains? to the
Westchester County Department of Public Safety needs to be addressed directly so
as to alleviate potential ethical concerns; and

WHEREAS, Section 213.111 of the Laws of Westchester County authorizes
the Westchester County Executive to appoint chaplains to serve in the Department
of Corrections which department, in turn, can assign the chaplains to other county
departments requiring their service; and

WHEREAS, upon inquiry, the chaplains currently servicing the Department
of Corrections have been subject to background checks due to the sensitive
security issues associated with correctional facilities; and

WHEREAS, the chaplains servicing the Department of Corrections have not
been designated to serve in the Department of Public Safety or any other County
departments; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate to establish and memorialize by Executive
Order these requirements and approvals by which chaplains are designated to be
?Police Chaplains? associated with the Department of Public Safety;

NOW THEREFORE, I, George Latimer, County Executive of the County of
Westchester, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Laws of Westchester
County, hereby declare that it is

RESOLVED, that chaplains to be designated as ?Police Chaplains?
associated with the Department of Public Safety must:

0 Be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety;

0 Be a clergy member;

0 Reside in Westchester or be the religious leader of a Westchester
congregation;

0 Serve without compensation;

I Be included on a list containing the names of the Police Chaplains
which the Commissioner of Public Safety shall provide to the
County Executive, the County Attorney and the Chair of the Board
of Legislators twice a year, once in January and once in July and
such list is to be made available to the public under the Freedom of
Information Law; and it is further

RESOLVED, that all requests for consideration to be designated as a Police
Chaplain must be addressed to the Commissioner of Public Safety, with copies of
such requests provided to the County Executive, the County Attorney and the
Chairman of the Board of Legislators; and it is further

RESOLVED, that this Executive Order shall take effect immediately and
shall remain in effect until otherwise superseded or revoked.



GEonofE' 
County Executive
Dated: January 2018
White Plains, New York