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Lebanon police report arrests, department approves five policy updates
Summary
At the Sept. 22 Board of Works meeting Lebanon police presented recent arrest and training figures and the board approved five departmental policy updates, including a new eyewitness-identification procedure and removal of a federal database reference.
The Lebanon Police Department reported recent arrest numbers and training activities, and the Board of Works approved five departmental policy updates during its Sept. 22 meeting. Chad Morgan of the police department summarized the department's calls, arrests and training; the board later voted to adopt the proposed policy changes presented by Major Hood.
Why it matters: The policy updates change local procedures used by officers and remove a federal database reference the department had cited, affecting records and recruitment processes. The new eyewitness-identification procedure will require a supporting form the department is developing.
Chad Morgan summarized operational activity since the board's last meeting, reporting the Lebanon Police Department responded to 840 calls for service and listed officers' arrests: five for operating while intoxicated; two wanted on warrants; two for driving while suspended; four for public intoxication; and single arrests for intimidation, habitual traffic violator, invasion of privacy, resisting law enforcement, child molesting and murder. Morgan said the department took 39 crash reports and had no gun permits to send to the state in that period.
Morgan also listed recent training: Officer Michael Custis attended a pepper-ball instructor course hosted at the department; officers completed annual firearms qualification and statewide force training at the department range; and Officer David Bell attended a leadership development course at the Westfield Police Department.
Major Hood presented five policy updates later in the meeting. Items referenced included policy 604 (eyewitness identification), for which the department "had to kind of develop a new procedure" and Captain Jeff Nelson is preparing a form to align with the update; policy 806, addressing the Jeanne Clery Campus Security Act provisions the department incorporates where applicable; and revisions removing the Department of Justice's National Law Enforcement Accountability Database from records- and recruitment-related policies after a presidential directive discontinued the database. Major Hood said policy 900 (temporary custody of adults) was updated to relocate material to a newly added transporting-persons-in-custody policy.
The board voted to approve the five updates as presented. The motion passed with all members indicating "Aye" on the record.
Board members and staff did not expand on any changes to arrest policy or discipline procedures beyond the items presented. The department said it will circulate the eyewitness-identification form when finalized and bring any future policy batches to the board at the start of next year.
No public comment or amendments to the policies were recorded in the meeting minutes.
