§2671. Police officers 1. Appointment. Except as provided by charter, ordinance or section 2636, subsection 6, the municipal officers may appoint police officers for a definite term, and control and fix their compensation. Police officers, including chiefs of police, may be removed for cause after notice and hearing. A. Before appointing any law enforcement […]
§2672. Special police officers Special police officers of limited jurisdiction may be appointed for a term of not more than one year and as provided in section 2671, subsection 1. These officers have all the powers of a police officer, except as specifically provided by charter, ordinance or the certificate of appointment. [PL 1987, […]
§2673. Constables Constables shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same effect as special police officers under section 2672. Persons injured by the neglect or misdoings of a constable have the same remedy by preliminary action and action of the constable’s bond, as in the case of a sheriff’s bond. For services […]
§2674. Aid to other law enforcement agencies Except as otherwise provided by municipal charter or ordinance, the municipal officers may authorize the chief of police or other designee to request other municipalities to provide law enforcement officers to assist the requesting municipality. The county commissioners may authorize the sheriff or other designee to request a […]
§2675. Wearing of uniforms or badges; labor disputes No municipal police officer, special police officer, constable or other municipal law enforcement officer may wear or display a uniform or badge that identifies the officer as a public law enforcement officer at the site of a labor dispute, strike or lockout, except while on active duty […]
§2676. Interstate police assistance A duly authorized police officer of a neighboring state may exercise all statutory authority under section 2671 within this State, provided that the chief law enforcement officer of the requesting municipality has executed with the chief law enforcement officer of the responding municipality a written agreement which sets forth the terms […]
§2677. Health insurance; retired employee Notwithstanding section 2671, a municipality shall keep a retired municipal employee formerly employed by the municipality in that municipality’s health care plan as long as the retired employee continues to pay the health insurance group rate premiums required for that retired employee. [PL 1997, c. 419, §1 (NEW).] SECTION […]
§2678. Death of a person in custody When a person in custody dies, an examination and inquest must be held, and the chief of police shall cause a medical examiner to be immediately notified for that purpose pursuant to Title 22, section 3025. For purposes of this section, “custody” means custody pursuant to an arrest, […]
