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TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
October 26, 2021
Minutes of October 25, 2021 meeting
• Meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm by John Slattery
• Present were: James Abbott, John Slattery, Michael Regan, Chris North, George
Lessler, Bill Ryan
Also attending: Chief Martin Flatley
Absent were: Kevin Foote
• Minutes of the September, 2021 meeting were approved
Old Business
• Discussion of newly approved staffing level and training/deployment schedule
o Detective candidates are being interviewed
o East End Drug Task Force is being staffed
• Chris North provided overview of Implementation Work Group (Mission&
Priorities)
• Chief Flatley discussed accreditation progress and agreed to have SGT Latham
attend November 29 PAC meeting
• After discussion, the PAC agreed to again take up the subject of"Management
Process" relative to the role of the Town Board as police commissioners
New Business
• Bill Ryan agreed to provide a written report, by February 28, on who in each
village and town manages the police department. Is it one official or a group of
officials?
• If the Supervisor agrees to have Kevin Foote take on a neutral, non-voting,
facilitator role for the Implementation Work Group, Slattery will move to member
and George Lessler will become the Alternate.
• Mike Regan and Jim Abbott will research annual incident numbers for 2020 and
2021 so that PAC may refresh its report to the police commissioners. Their report
is due to PAC by February 28, 2022
Next meeting is scheduled for Monday November 28 at 4:30 pm
Meeting was adjourned at 5:26 pm
Respectfully submitted,
John J Slattery