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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-02-22-PDMC-min.pdf A LI Minutes of Police Manual Committee Date 2/22/77 7 35 P M Place Estabrook Hall Committee Members Present Corr, Hays, Kent, Cella, Mabee, Chapin Also Present General Public - 7; and representative of the Lexington Minuteman Subject Review discussion of Monographs 6, 9, 11 and 12 Monograph 6 - Emergency Calls Recommended to delete the words , "Chief" in Paragraph 1 of Page 2 so that it now reads, "Officer in Charge " Deletion approved Procedure 5 on Page 2 - reference was made to Chapter 89 , Section 7B relative to the matter of stopping behind a school bus At the present time it is not clear how long a police vehicle must remain stopped behind a school bus until proceeding to the scene of an emergency in question This will be clarified by an amend- ment at the end of the Lexington Monograph, until such monograph is revised by the MPI Procedure 12 , Page 3 - it was the department recommendation to delete this section in its entirety Since there was a possibility of conflict between this section under the Emergency Calls Mono- graph, and Monograph 17 on fires, it was decided unanimously to delete Procedure 12 under Monograph 6 and to reconsider at the time Monograph 17 - Fires - was under discussion The Monograph 6 was passed unanimously as amended Monograph 9 - Traffic Accidents It was recommended by Chief Corr, that Procedure 10 h , Page 3, be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following "Accidents involving minor property damage (under $200) and no personal injury do not require a police report unless a traffic law violation has been committed All accidents involving pedestrians vs motor vehicles , or bicycles (including motorized bicycles) vs motor vehicles should carry a presumption of personal injury even though none may be obvious at the time of the accident " It was recommended that a new Procedure, 10 i be added as follows "In all accident cases which require a police report, statements should be taken from each operator, passenger, witness and others who are materially involved " I f` � -2- 2/22/77 Minutes of Police Manual Committee (Cont 'd) Procedure 11 d was amended to delete the words, "if in working order " Procedure 11 i was amended to delete the words in the parenthesis " (e g tire, light, horn, or brake damage are especially important) " , so that the new 11 i will read "damage to vehicles" Procedure 14 should be amended to read as follows "An officer responding to and handling traffic accident shall submit a full report at or before the conclusion of his tour of duty or as soon as possible thereafter to include all information which may be of assistance in any subsequent proceedings Procedure 16 - to amend this paragraph so it shall now read, "If it is determined that there is sufficient evidence, appropriate criminal charges should be made against those involved " After reviewing the balance of the monograph, paying particular attention to Procedures 5 and 15 , the monograph as amended, was approved unanimously Monograph 11 - Search and Seizure Chief Corr reported that there were no department additions or deletions recommended A general discussion followed of the entire monograph, paying particular attention to Procedure 17 There were also general discussions and participation from members of the general public The monograph was adopted as submitted unanimously Monograph 12 - Strikes and Labor Disputes There were no department recommendations The monograph was adopted unanimously It was agreed that the next meeting of the committee would be at 7 30 P M on March 17 , 1977 at Estabrook Hall At that time the following monographs are to be discussed 7 - Family Disputes 8 - Rape Investigation 13 - Hit and Run Investigations 14 - Missing Persons Meeting adjourned 10 15 P M Hugh M Chapin, Clerk tO t Oce