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Newburgh Town Marshal
Office officially becomes
Newburgh Police
Department
The Newburgh Town Council, at its April 14, 2010 meeting, voted to
approve Ordinance 2010-5 abolishing the Office of Town Marshall and
creating the Town of Newburgh Board of Metropolitan Police
Commissioners.
Chief Brett E. Sprinkle has been working on the 1977 Police and Fire
Pension Fund project for approximately two years and about six months
ago Officer Chad Bailey approached Chief Sprinkle and asked if he could
continue working on the project. Officer Bailey prepared and presented
a Power Point presentation to the Newburgh Town Council and on April 14,
2010, the ordinance was approved.
The
department has followed several guidelines that are required by police
departments and not required by marshal’s offices. Under the 1977
Police and Fire Pension Fund, the families of officers are entitled to
survivor benefits. Under the Public Employee Pension Fund (PERF) that
officers have been enrolled, there are no survivor benefits.
Under the 1977 Fund, the department’s hiring procedures will change. No
one over the age of thirty-six (36) will be hired, a post physical and
post psychological evaluation will be required, and the Newburgh Town
Council will no longer hire officers, the Board of Police Commissioners
will be responsible for hiring.
The
Board of Police Commissioners is comprised of up to three (3) members.
The current members are:
Anne Rust Aurand – One
(1) year term
William F. Kavanaugh –
Two (2) year term
Alonzo B. Moore, Jr. –
Three (3) year term
The
term in office of a Board Member shall expire on January 1 of the third
(3) year after the members appointment, except that the initial
appointments to the Board shall be staggered with the initial
appointment of one (1) member being appointed for a term of one (1)
year, one (1) member being appointed for a term of two (2) years and the
third member being appointed for a term of three (3) years. After the
initial appointment, the appointments to the office shall be for a term
of three (3) years.
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