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RTM moderator asks police commission for biennial Trust Act reporting; board agrees to provide letters
Summary
The Representative Town Meeting moderator asked the Board of Police Commissioners to provide a formal letter every July and February so the RTM can submit required biennial data on ICE access under CGS §54‑192h(e)(3); the board agreed to add the item to future agendas and provide the requested information.
RTM Moderator Susan Driscoll asked the Waterford Board of Police Commissioners at its April 13 meeting to provide, twice per year, a formal letter to the Representative Town Meeting so the RTM can submit required data to the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management under CGS §54‑192h(e)(3) (the Trust Act reporting requirement).
Driscoll explained the RTM does not have direct access to the police department’s records and requested a biennial review by the board that would either state that no reportable ICE access occurred or provide the redacted data specified by statute. The town attorney and the chief of police were consulted in drafting the proposed process; the RTM voted on April 6 to authorize its moderator to request the Board of Police Commissioners provide the RTM each July and February the pertinent data in order to comply with the reporting requirement.
The board agreed to include the item on the appropriate agendas and to provide the requested information to the RTM so the RTM can submit it to OPM. The minutes reference an OPM guidance letter and a Trust Act form describing the required data elements: the number and demographic data of individuals to whom ICE access was provided, the date ICE access occurred and whether access was in response to a civil immigration detainer or by other means. The minutes do not record any instances of reportable access for the prior period; Driscoll’s cover letter suggested that in many cases boards will submit a statement that no reportable access occurred.
No formal vote or additional direction beyond adding the item to future agendas is recorded in the minutes. The board did not specify who will draft the letter, which meeting months will carry the item going forward, or whether the board will maintain a public record beyond providing the RTM the letter requested by statute.
