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 Bristol
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER

  § 45. Police department and board of police commissioners.  

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  • (a)

    The police department shall be under the general supervision of the board of police commissioners which shall consist of six members, one of whom shall be a member of the city council and the mayor who shall be a member of such board, ex officio, and chairperson thereof.

    (b)

    The existing board of police commissioners shall hold office for their respective terms of appointment and until their respective successors shall be appointed.

    (c)

    Within one month after the mayor and the city council elected at a municipal election shall take office, the mayor shall nominate and the city council shall appoint one council member to be a member of such board, for the term of two years, except that no council member shall be a council member of the board after the term of office of said council member shall terminate.

    (d)

    All members of the board except the council member, shall hold office for three years, and no member except one city council member shall hold any other office in such city. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any member, the mayor shall nominate and the city council shall appoint a successor. All appointments shall be made during the month of December, for a period of three years, and shall be effective as of the date of expiration of the term of office succeeded to, or from the date of appointment if made subsequent thereto, but the term of office shall be deemed to begin on the first Tuesday of December.

    (e)

    In the event of a vacancy, a successor shall be nominated and appointed in the same manner for the unexpired portion of the term of the office vacated.

    (f)

    Said board of police commissioners, subject to the approval of the city council, shall make rules and regulations for the government of the police department, including the suspension or removal of the members of such department, except as otherwise provided in this charter.

    (g)

    The city council shall have the power of removal of the chief and captain of the department and other nonbargaining unit members. Said officers shall not be removed or reduced in grade without having received a written statement, setting forth the reasons for such removal or reduction and having been given an opportunity to appear and be heard before the city council. If desired by the officer removed or reduced, the statement received by the city council, together with their reply thereto, shall be a matter of public record.

    (Amend. eff. 11-7-89; Amend. eff. 12-2-10; Amend. eff. 12-8-11)

    Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, §§ 52, 53, 1911; Sp. No. 434, §§ 100, 102, 1931; Sp. No. 489, § 47, 1939.