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Middletown Police Commission accepts five internal reviews, updates policies and moves to executive session
Summary
Commissioners unanimously accepted five internal investigation findings and approved minor updates to 11 departmental policies; after routine business the commission voted to enter executive session for personnel matters.
The Middletown Police Commission unanimously accepted five internal investigations as written and approved minor updates to department policies before moving into executive session on personnel.
A motion to accept the internal investigations was made and seconded; the commission voted in favor. The chief summarized the five cases with blotter numbers and findings: an Aug. 24, 2023 personnel complaint (blotter 2323378) found exonerated; a Nov. 28, 2023 report (blotter 2332230) involving an officer injury found no policy violation; a March 13, 2024 incident (blotter 246358) involving an injury to a juvenile during an attempted evasion and possession of a loaded handgun found no policy violations; a March 15, 2024 motor-vehicle property-damage incident (blotter 246533) found no departmental policy violations; and an Aug. 6, 2024 personnel complaint was determined to be unfounded.
"So they are the 5 that the commission just, agreed to, accept as written," the chief said after reading the summaries.
The commission also reviewed and accepted 11 minor policy updates the chief had forwarded for review; changes were described as small wording edits. Policies updated included Policy 311 (domestic violence), Policy 313 (child abuse), Policy 316 (missing persons), Policy 330 (death investigations), Policy 411 (appearance tickets), Policy 1000 (recruitment and selection), Policy 1008 (communicable diseases), Policy 1013 (personnel records), Policy 1018 (lactation breaks), Policy 1022 (work-related illness and injury reporting) and Policy 1027 (temporary modified duty assignments). The chief asked if the commission wanted to discuss or table any revisions; commissioners voted to accept them as written.
With no further public items, Mayor Stefano moved and Commissioner Rodriguez seconded a motion to go into executive session for personnel matters; the commission voted 'aye' and the chief announced that the public portion of the meeting had ended. "Moving into executive session for personnel matters at 55 PM," the chief said, and the commission left the public meeting to address personnel matters in private.
Why it matters: accepting internal-investigation findings and routine policy updates are formal oversight steps that close the public review of several personnel and incident reviews. The move into executive session means additional personnel matters will be discussed outside the public record.
What’s next: the public meeting ended and the commission proceeded to executive session; no further public votes or actions were recorded at the close of the public portion.
