Committee ponders results of police performance survey Shelter Island Police Chief Jim Read. (Credit:Reporter file photo)
Supervisor Gerry Siller pronounced the recent police survey “pretty positive overall” at the March 4 meeting of the Police Reform and Reinvention Collaboration Committee. The committee was set up in response to a state mandate that all departments in New York determine ways to improve policing.
As the discussion of the previous night’s listening session and review of the survey conducted last month progressed, committee member Jason Shields cautioned his colleagues not to base all their recommendations from a limited number of respondents. Because there were so few residents at the listening session, and 577 responding to the survey, the numbers could be skewed, Mr. Shields said.
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Police Reform Committee starts its work Police Chief Jim Read (Credit: Reporter file photo)
Five newly minted members of the Police Reform Committee will be exploring ways in which Shelter Island Police can improve what most acknowledge is already an effective department functioning well with the community.
Police Chief Jim Read admitted he was initially not pleased when Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all communities to set up such committees to determine ways to improve policing.
But on reflection, he had to admit that even a department that has had no major infractions and worked well with residents could still benefit from a look at how it functions.
Shelter Island Police arrest man on multiple charges
The Shelter Island Police Department has reported the arrest of an East Hampton man on multiple charges.
On Monday afternoon at about 1:40 p.m., police said Glenn C. Specht, 49, was stopped for failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign.
Mr. Specht was then arrested, police said, for driving while intoxicated, drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle, operating a vehicle without a valid inspection certificate, and failure to stop at the stop sign.
Mr. Specht was taken into custody and transported to Shelter Island Police headquarters where he was processed and detained until arraignment.