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Police chief urges keeping routine funeral escorts suspended, cites safety and $2.7M in recent claims
Summary
The police chief recommended maintaining the 2017 suspension of routine funeral escorts, citing officer safety incidents, collisions, workers'comp claims and $2.7 million in recent insurance payouts; council accepted the presentation as information and tabled the policy for further conversation.
The police chief told the public safety committee that routine funeral escorts create elevated officer-safety risks, frequent operational burdens and material financial exposure, and recommended the town retain the 2017 posture of not providing routine escorts except for exceptional public-safety or ceremonial circumstances.
Citing the department's history, the chief described four documented collisions tied to escorts (three with worker's comp claims) and said payouts through the municipal insurance reserve amounted to $2.7 million in 2025…
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