Town of East Hampton, CT
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2023-07-11
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The Code
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 109 Police Department
- Charter and Code of Ethics
- Ch C Charter
- Ch D Code of Conduct
- Ch E Code of Ethics
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Admissions, Board of
- Ch 6 Agriculture Commission
- Ch 7 Arts and Cultural Commission
- Ch 12 Cemetery Board
- Ch 16 Citation Hearing Procedure
- Ch 18 Commission on Aging
- Ch 20 Conservation-Lake Pocotopaug Commission
- Ch 24 Constables
- Ch 28 Design Review Board
- Ch 33 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 37 Elections
- Ch 41 Emergency Management
- Ch 43 Ethics Commission
- Ch 45 Finance and Budget
- Ch 49 Fire Department
- Ch 53 Fiscal Year
- Ch 57 Flood and Erosion Control Board
- Ch 66 Housing Partnership
- Ch 70 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency
- Ch 75 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Land Acquisition Fund
- Ch 83 Library
- Ch 88 Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments
- Ch 96 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 100 Personnel Policies
- Ch 104 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 109 Police Department
- § 109-1 Establishment; purpose.
- § 109-2 Appointments.
- § 109-3 Powers and duties of Chief of Police.
- § 109-4 Transfer of authority.
- § 109-5 Effective date.
- Ch 113 Property, Disposition of
- Ch 117 Purchasing
- Ch 120 Brownfields Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 125 Salaries
- Ch 130 Terms of Office
- Ch 134 Town Meetings
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 143 Vacancies
- Ch 146 Water and Sewer Authority
- Ch 152 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 155 Adult-Use Cannabis
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 161 Amusement Devices
- Ch 165 Animals
- Ch 169 Bazaars and Raffles
- Ch 171 Blight and Nuisances
- Ch 173 Boating and Navigation
- Ch 177 Building Code
- Ch 181 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 192 Excavations
- Ch 196 Fair Housing
- Ch 200 Fees and Charges
- Ch 207 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 211 Historic Districts
- Ch 215 Hotels
- Ch 219 Housing Code
- Ch 223 Insurance
- Ch 228 Junk Dealers
- Ch 232 Littering
- Ch 237 (Reserved)
- Ch 246 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 250 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 261 Sewer Construction
- Ch 264 Sewer Use
- Ch 269 Solid Waste
- Ch 271 Special Events
- Ch 273 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 278 Taxation
- Ch 282 Towing
- Ch 287 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 291 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 295 Water System Construction
- Ch 299 Water System Use
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting of the Town of East
Hampton 5-22-1989 (Ord. No. 8.01). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
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.
