HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-05-10-PDMC-min.pdf POLICE MANUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date 5/10/77
Place Room G15, Town Hall
Members Present Kent, Corr, Cella, Mabee, Hays, Chapin
Public Two
The following monographs under the Policy and Procedures section
were considered
No 16, Arrest
Amendments
Page 4, Section 2 a, corrected on the monograph
Page 7, Section 7 b 1 , as corrected on the monograph
There being no further changes, the monograph was adopted
unanimously
No 19, Use of Force
Amendments
Page 1 - Guidelines - Line 6 - grammatical correction
Page 3, 13 b, as corrected on monograph
Page 2, Section 5 , rewording and renumbering of subsections,
a, b, c, d
There being no further corrections, this monograph was adopted
unanimously
No 21, Crowds and Demonstrations
Amendments '611
Page 4, Paragraph 6 o - see monograph
Page 5, Paragraph 9
After considerable discussion it was agreed that Mr Hays
will draft an appropriate paragraph relative to "breach of
peace" or broadening the scope therein in the determining
of a disturbance on private property
Page 5, Paragraph 6 p, the word, "justify" is changed to read,
"obtain"
Page 5 , Paragraph 9 - the second sentence is amended as per the
insertion in the monograph
Page 4 , Paragraph 6 k, the following is inserted
"The use of police dogs for crowd control shall not be insti-
tuted without specific approval of the Chief of Police "
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Mr Hays will review M , G , L , Chapter 41, Section 98 and
advise the committee accordingly Final approval of this
monograph is delayed until a later date
No 22, Handling Juveniles
No department corrections Messrs Kent and Corr will review
the specific chapter in the laws as it relates to Page 4,
Paragraph 8 Subject to their review, this monograph is
adopted unanimously
In the discussion of this monograph, we recalled several
earlier discussions on this matter On reviewing the notes
of previous meetings, I find that this was discussed at the
meeting of 9/14/76 A photostat of those notes is included
herein At the same time, we were given portions of the
statute which related to juveniles A copy of this is also
enclosed The letter from Erik Lund referred to was a letter
addressed to the committee on 9/13/76 , a copy of which was
placed in the hands of each committee member at that time
No 18, Handling Alcoholics
No amendments The monograph was adopted unanimously
Next meeting date May 31 , 1977 , Room G15, Town Hall 7 30 P M
At this meeting it is anticipated that we will finish with the
above monograph 21 and then proceed to monographs 15, 17 , 20,
23 and 24
Adjourned 10 15 P M
Respectfully yours,
Hugh M Chapin
Secretary