Board of Police Commissioners - Minutes - 10/13/2020

MINUTES
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS 9/9) OCT 14 ANIO:05
OCTOBER 13, 2020 nai ida
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PRESENT: Chairman; James Dimmock, Vice Chairman; Mark Gelinas, Thomas Sheridan,
Secretary; Christopher Gamble and Robert Brule Commissioners
DEPARTMENT: Chief Mahoney, Lt. Silva, Lt. Balestracci, Lt VanOverloop, Training Sergeant
Ferland, and Traffic Officer Spearrin
Chief Mahoney introduced the newest Commissioner member, Christopher Gamble. He welcomed
him to the Commission and had each member introduce themselves including Staff.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM:
Chairman Dimmock called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. A Quorum was established.
PUBLIC INPUT
‘No public input.
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES: Acceptance of the Special Meeting Minutes of August 17, 2020.
MOTION: made by Commissioner Gelinas and SECONDED by Commissioner Brule to accept the
meeting minutes of August 17,2020. PASSED.
CORRESPONDENCE: Thank you emails from Patrick, Manager at Raymour & Flannigan, to
Officers Sylvestre, Swarr and Barrows, from Mr. Macrino to the Waterford Police Department, and
from a Waterford citizen to Officer Swarr. From Jerry & Margaret Kuklinski to Sgt. Farrior, Officers
Firmin and Lapkowski, from Kathleen McCarty to numerous Officers regarding a missing child and an
email from Chief Mahoney to numerous Officers regarding the missing child.
TRAFFIC COMMISSION REVIEW AND TRAFFIC REPORT FOR AUGUST AND
SEPTEMBER
Traffic Officer Spearrin reviewed the report with the Commission. Report was received. There were
no decisions made by the Traffic Commission at this meeting.
CHIEF’S REPORT
a. Letter from Karen Boisvert Police Academy Administrator regarding Compliance to Law
Enforcement Standards and Practices Program.
Sergeant Ferland discussed the letter with the Commission stating the Department meets or
exceeds Public Act 18-161.

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b. Residential Parking Permits
Chief Mahoney discussed the residential parking permit proposal for Reed Avenue with the
Commission. He noted that parking for residents in that area can be quite challenging and
stated this should alleviate some of those issues.
c. August & September K-9 Reports
Reports were received. Lt. Balestracci noted that Sergeant Flanagan would no longer be an
active K-9 handler but would continue to advise and support the two active K-9 handlers
utilizing his years of experience.
d. August & September Investigative Services & Youth Reports
Reports were received.
e. August & September Training Reports
Reports were received.
f. August & September Records Reports
Repoits were received.
g. August & September CSO Reports
Reports were received.
h. August & September Patrol Reports
Reports were received.
i, August & September Animal Control Reports
Reports were received.
OLD BUSINESS
a. Police Commissioner responsibilities
Chief Mahoney stated that he spoke with Attorney Duggan regarding the responsibilities of the
Police Commission concerning Civilian Complaints. Attorney Duggan stated that the Board of
Police Commissioners did not have any responsibilities regarding the Civilian Complaint
procedure. Chief Mahoney noted Section 7-294bb & 7-294bb from Attorney Duggan’s
response, he also emailed this to all the Commissioners. He also stated that the Town website
had been updated to reflect the Police Commissioners names and their purpose and mission.
b. Waterford Police Department by the Numbers Graph
Chief Mahoney discussed the document with the Commission, which shows the Police
Department’s use of force and car stops by race, ethnicity and nature of violation. He noted he
would be doing this report quarterly and sending it to the Commission for their review.

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NEW BUSINESS
a, 2021 Police Commission Meeting dates
MOTION: made by Commissioner Brule, SECONDED by Commissioner Gelinas to accept
the 2021 Meeting Dates for the Police Commission. PASSED
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: made by Commissioner Dimmock and SECONDED by Commissioner Gelinas to adjourn
the meeting at 5:45 p.m. Passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted by:
atlena Montgomery
Recording Secretary