All Department members shall maintain a telephone at their residence and provide the most recent number to the Chief of Police. Any change of residence shall be made to the Chief of Police no later than 10 days of the member taking occupancy of the new residence.
Use of Department letterhead for private correspondence or sending official correspondence out to other agencies will not be allowed without permission of the Chief of Police. No sworn/civilian member will send any written communication about police business to any person, firm, or other law enforcement or public agency without the consent of their superior officer.
As soon as the OIC or Acting OIC member is notified of the assignment they are to contact the funeral home for directions and find out when the procession is leaving the funeral home for the church and from the church to the cemetery. If a Department member is assigned to a funeral detail and this assignment creates a conflict in the assigned Department member's religious belief, they shall immediately contact their supervisor.
A. 
The United States of America and State of Rhode Island flags will be flown at Public Safety Complex during daylight hours. Flags will be removed during inclement weather and/or at dusk unless continuous light sources are utilized to illuminate the flags.
B. 
The United States of America flag will be flown at half-mast only at the direction of the President of the United States of America.
C. 
The State of Rhode Island flag will be flown at half-mast only at the direction of the Governor of the State of Rhode Island.
Department members are not required to live in the Town of Barrington or within the State of Rhode Island. Department members living outside the Town of Barrington must allot proper travel time to arrive prior to the start of their shift.
[Added 11-1-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-18[1]]
A. 
Authorization.
(1) 
Pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws Sec. 45-19-15, the Town Council of the Town of Barrington is authorized and empowered to make a special appropriation to surviving domestic partners, spouses, or other surviving dependents, of a deceased police officer who has been in the service of a city or town for a period of at least two years and has lost their life, or received injuries resulting in permanent disability, or incurred illness resulting in death, while in the line of duty as a police officer.
B. 
Payment.
(1) 
This appropriation may be in addition to any service pension granted to the domestic partners, surviving spouse or dependent of any fire fighters or police officers under the provisions of any law or any ordinance of any city or town; provided, that the appropriation does not exceed the sum of $5, 000 for any one person.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance shall apply retroactively to the surviving spouse or dependent of a Barrington police offer who deceased within a year prior to the date of enactment.