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Mark J. Corr
Chief of Police
Police Manual Policy Committee
Meeting Minutes — October 4, 2011
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Lexington Police Guard Room
In Attendance: Chief Mark Corr (Chair)
William Hays
Gerald McLeod
Dr. Edith Flynn
1. Meeting called at 4:06 p.m.
2. Minutes for July 11, 2011 approved unanimously.
3. Policy Review.
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Sgt. Cleveland Coats
Captain Joseph O'Leary
Sgt. Christopher Barry
Policy 44C — Community Based Justice and School Agreements
• Consider moving this policy to inter - agency section. Although, 44 is within
Juvenile policy section.
• Cite source of policy.
• Page 3, rename idem D to "Mandatory Reporting Incidents." Minor spelling
corrections.
• Page 5; "principle" correction.
62D — Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
• Policy unnecessary. We should identify another policy where we can add the Police
Department's involvement with TSAC.
• We should identify ALL committees that the Police Department interacts with and
in what manner.
31B — Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement
• Cite that this is a Town of Lexington Police.
• Is policy properly placed in manual in selection area? Or should it be in front
portion of manual that addresses ethics and other global directives.
• Page 1 — if in Town policy — question whether "previously excluded groups" is
really appropriate language.
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• Replace "female" with term women.
• Page 2, A2b. "will still follow the guidelines of this policy." Do we mean HRD
guidelines or Town guidelines.
• Page 3 is very vague to the Committee and suggests a rewrite to be more specific.
• Page 3, C 1 & C2. An analysis "on a regular basis" — what does this mean; by
whom.
• Page 3. C3; Produce recruitment literature - -- again, by whom, when.
• Page 3, C5 — See Chief of Police for specific procedures.
• Page 3, C6, target "women and minority professional..."
• Policy should also state that EEOAA is applicable to assignments and promotions
within the organization.
17-A Selertinn
• Rename Selection of Police Officers.
• Cite origin of policy.
• Page 1, "Candidate should possess intelligence, have the ability to work
independently" but should also be able to respect the command structure and
protocols.
• Page 2, A5. Protocols for rehiring laid off officers is not entirely correct in this
section and it needs reworking.
• Page 3, #6 at top. Should be clear that Chief of Police makes recommendations but
Town Manager is appointing authority.
• Page 3, 6 -b.ii. Should be clear Department "will not' hire someone with past
abusive behavior.
• Page 3. MPTC should be spelled out at least in first instance.
• Page 4, C 1. Field training is not 12 weeks but a number of work cycles.
• Page 4, C 2. Be more specific of abbreviated trainer for lateral or those with
experience.
• Page 4, D3. Bureau commander and BI person will have access to what on an as
needed basis?
• Page 5, E. Lb. adverse impact on whom?
35A Performance Evaluations
• Page 1, last paragraph. We are not "publishing" evaluation.
• Page 2, A3a — The Rater /evaluator will choose ...... there is missing text here.
• Page 3, 4. The "applicable" evaluation form shall be....
• Page 3 — spelling and grammatical corrections.
• Page 4, C3. Evaluation will be returned with recommended adjustments.
• Page 5. Item 4. Delete entire section.
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43B Surveillance
• Policy is missing a discussion of what circumstances a surveillance is authorized and
by who authorizes and when.
• Cite origin of policy.
• Page 2, section 4. "It is important that officers involved in the case should, if the
information is available, be familiar with:
• Page 2. Lettering is off. j. is missing.
• Page 3, C. Lb. To be considered for such an assignment (and any additional training
if required),
• Page 6, section f. iii. U.S. Supreme Court has come out with new ruling on Miranda
and cell block discussions. Check on this.
• Page 7, section E -3 Reword the whole section.
45A Crime Prevention
• Crime Prevention is capitalized differently through out policy.
• Whereas PD does not have CP officer, this policy should address overall CP
program.
• Page 2, f. Remove all of the names multi housing locations.
• Page 3, D, E and F. The PD really does not do these programs but supports them by
others. We should rework section to say what we actually do.
• Page 5. In an effort to identify and correct "inadequate" practices.
4. Next meeting on November 22, at 4:00 p.m.
5. Adjourn. 6:07 p.m.
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