Pursuant to § 7-148(c)(4)(A) of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as amended, there is hereby established a Police Department for the Town of
East Hampton, which shall have all the powers and duties of a municipal police
department conferred by state statutes and local ordinances for the purpose
of police protection and law enforcement.
Pursuant to Town Charter, based upon merit and fitness alone, the Town
Manager shall appoint a Chief of Police and all sworn law enforcement officers
for the Department.
The Chief of Police, subject to such rules and regulations as are adopted
by the Town Council, shall have general management, administrative and supervisory
control over all operations of the Department. The Chief of Police shall be
the traffic authority for the Town of East Hampton.
The ordinance adopted in June 1963 establishing a Board of Police Commissioners
is hereby repealed upon the effective date of this chapter. All incumbent
police officers, including the Chief of Police, shall continue to hold rank,
and all such equipment assigned to the Commission shall hereby be permanently
transferred to the department established by this chapter.
This chapter shall take effect upon the election of a Town Council on
November 7, 1989.