Monday evening members of the Plymouth Common Council approved on second and third readings an ordinance allowing retiring city police officers the opportunity to purchase the service handguns for a token payment.
For years this was standard policy but in 1995 when Police Chief Ron Babcock retired he didn’t want his weapon. At that time Mayor Jack Greenlee, in a council meeting was able to get a motion to end the policy.
When Tom Chamberlin retired from the Plymouth Police Department in 2010 the city allowed him to purchase his weapon for $1.
When Ted Brown retired earlier this month the city was going to pass a resolution to allow his to purchase his weapon. Former Plymouth Police officer and former Mayor Gary Cook questioned the legality of the procedure.
City Attorney Sean Surrisi at the Mayor’s direction presented an ordinance to change the policy back to the standard practice of allowing a retiring officer to purchase their service weapon.
Monday night the Plymouth Common Council unanimously approved the ordinance on second and third readings.
