Lander council adopts revised police policy manual after edits; removes numbered cross‑references

Lander, Wyo. — The City Council voted to adopt a revised City of Lander Police Department policy and procedure manual, approving Resolution 1370 after council members requested and won edits to remove misplaced numeric references and clarify legal citations.

Council member Cox led a review that identified several places where the draft manual referenced numbered general orders that are not housed or published in the local policy set; the council voted to remove those numeric cross‑references and asked the chief to supply matching, locally maintained general orders or to reword cross‑references so the policy document points to existing City material.

Council discussion focused on technical corrections and alignment to Wyoming statute. Council also noted comments about drug‑testing panels (to add missing substances) and the need to correct a misplaced citation that referred to a Connecticut statute; council asked that be corrected to the appropriate Wyoming statute citation.

Council voted to untable and then adopt the resolution with the amendments requested; additional procedural items will be updated administratively by the chief and returned for review as needed.

Outcome: Resolution 1370 adopted with amendments directing staff to: - Remove or replace nonexistent general‑order numeric references. - Replace out‑of‑jurisdiction statutory citations with Wyoming citations where appropriate. - Ensure drug‑testing panels and medical/psychological record policies reflect local needs.

Speakers quoted: Council member Cox, who reviewed the document in detail, asked for prompt corrections; Interim Chief Wah answered technical and operational questions during council review. The council approved the resolution and discussed follow‑up implementation and reporting.