All members of the Police Department shall be subject to these rules
and regulations. Members of the Department are not merely employees but are
officers of this state and Town charged with specific duties in maintaining
public order and administering justice.
It is the duty of the Police Department and the members of the Department
all times of the day and night to protect life and property, prevent crime,
detect and arrest offenders, preserve the public peace and enforce all laws
and ordinances over which the Police Department has jurisdiction.
A police officer regularly performing patrol duty shall proceed to his
designated sector or relieving point without unnecessary delay, inspect his
post immediately, remain constantly alert and observant, note any condition
therein requiring police attention and take appropriate action. He is charged
with the enforcement of all laws and ordinances; the proper condition and
maintenance of departmental equipment, traffic control equipment of all types,
streetlights, public highway, curb and sidewalk conditions within the boundaries
of the post or sector of which he is assigned; he shall promptly report through
official channels any condition requiring attention and shall provide safeguards
when necessary.
A supervisory officer, when on patrol, is charged with the enforcement
of all laws and ordinances and the enforcement of these rules and regulations.
He is charged with the proper condition and maintenance of departmental equipment,
traffic control equipment of all types, streetlights, public highway, curb
and sidewalk conditions, within the command to which he is assigned, and he
shall promptly report through official channels any condition requiring attention
and shall provide safeguards when necessary.
A member of the Department shall be fit for duty and subject to duty
at all times except when on sick leave.
Members shall not engage in any other occupation within four hours prior
to reporting for duty.
A member of the Department shall treat as confidential the official
business of the Police Department. He shall not talk for publication nor be
interviewed nor make public speeches, nor shall be impart information relating
to the official business of the Department to anyone, except under due process
of the law and as directed or with the permission of the Chief of Police.
Members shall be responsible for the security of their sidearms at all
times.