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POLICE DEPARTMENT MANUAL COMMITTEE
1 The Lexington Police Department Manual Committee (the Committee)
shall consist of seven members appointed by the Lexington Board of
Selectmen (the Board) It is the intention of the Board to appoint
to the Committee the Chief of Police and six other residents of the
Town, at least one of whom shall be an attorney, for a term of one
year
11 The Board will designate an acting chairman of the Committee for
the purpose of convening the first meeting at which time the Committee
shall elect a chairman and any other officers considered necessary
111 The Police Department Manual shall consist of the current Rules
and Regulations of the Lexington Police Department, as approved by
the Town Manager and the Board, and any other material which the
Manager and the Board may from time-to-time designate
1V The Committee' s charge is to review the Police Department Manual
and to make recommendations to the Board as to revisions, amendments,
and additions which may be deemed appropriate by the Committee
Specific matters on the Committee might advise the Board shall include,
but not be limited to the following
A. Recommendations as to the desirability of including in the
Manual statements of public policy as to the circumstances and
manner in which members of the Police Department are to exercise
their powers, insofar as these statements of policy are not in-
consistent with the legally mandated responsibilities already
assigned to and exercised by the Department If such statements
are recommended, specific wordings shall be provided.
B. The desirability of, and extent to which bulletins,
directives, and other written communications of the Chief
of Police regarding policies and procedures of the Depart-
ment or the conduct of members of the Department, should
be incorporated in the Manual, and the means for effecting
this
C The distribution of the Manual
D A mechanism for providing continued up-dating and review
of the Manual
E Any other matters the Committee considers appropriate
V It is the desire of the Board that the Committee report to the
Board at least annually one month prior to the closing of the warrant
for the Annual Town Meeting
V1 The Committee is to function exclusively in an advisory capacity
to the Board. Copies of notices of all meetings of the Committee,
agendas, minutes, etc shall be transmitted to the Executive Clerk
of the Board at the same time they are distributed to the Committee