1976-03-01-TE-Warrant-and-1976-03-22-ATM-Warrant

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- 27 - ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws by designating the present Articles XVIII through XXX inclusive to be Articles XIX through XXXI respectively and by adding thereto a new article to be designated Article XVIII, to read substantially as follows: ARTICLE XVIII: Police Department Manual Committee. Section 1. The Town shall have a Police Department Manual Committee to consist of the Chief of Police and six residents of the Town appointed annually by the Board of Selectmen. At least two members of the committee shall be attorneys. Section 2. The committee's charge shall be to review annually the Police Department Manual, to receive the comments and suggestions of the residents of the Town with respect thereto and to advise and make recommendations from time to time as to such revisions, amendments and additions as they deem appropriate. The committee may from time to time hold public meetings and invite any town officer or employee or resident of the town to attend and give such information as will assist the committee in its work; and shall submit annually a written report to the town. Section 3. The Police Department Manual, which is the subject of the committee's charge, shall consist of the written Rules and Regulations of the Police Department, as approved by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen, including statements of public policy as to the circumstances when and the manner in which members of the department are to exercise their powers and responsibilities to stop, restrain, disperse, search, interrogate, charge, handcuff, arrest and detain, or otherwise deal with the public; shall incorporate within ten (10) days of their issue, until superseded, bulletins, directives and other written communications of the Chief of Police regarding policies and procedures of the Department or the conduct of members of the Department in dealing with the public; and shall be available to the public for inspec- tion, on request, at Police Headquarters, at the office of the Town Clerk and at Cary Memorial Library. Section 4. The annual report of the committee shall be published as a part of the next annual town report. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters) ARTICLE 77, To see if the Town will petition the General Court for an act amending Chapter 753 of the Acts of 1968, the Selectmen-Town Manager Act, to provide for the appointment of a recreation committee by the Town Manager, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by Board of Selectmen)