A town police officer will support, protect, defend, and obey the constitutions and laws of the United States and the state, and the regulations of the town’s Police Department; he or she will keep himself or herself and his or her commanders informed of the criminal, traffic, and other police problems in his or her assigned area, and he or she will take whatever lawful action is necessary to prevent and reduce crime, traffic accidents, and other disorder, using all of the imagination, initiative, and ingenuity at his or her disposal, attempting to gain willful compliance with the law whenever possible; he or she will, to this end, give the town an honest day’s work for a day’s pay recognizing and accepting the fact that he or she will often be required to work long hours to accomplish his or her mission; he or she will remain willing to accept additional Department duties and responsibilities; he or she will accept the responsibilities of leadership in police circles which is traditionally expected of a town police officer; he or she will walk the extra mile to gain cooperation with other public officials; he or she will recognize his or her responsibility in civic affairs and will, within the limits of his or her position, support responsible and worthwhile community projects; he or she will not criticize his or her superior officers or the Department for the sake of criticism, but he or she will never hesitate to offer respectful criticism, coupled with a suggestion, of how the task may be better performed; he or she will maintain a positive attitude toward his or her job, taking pride in his or her profession, and when he or she is no longer able to honestly abide by these standards, he or she will, for the good of the Department, resign.
(Ord. 1991-7, passed - -)