Commission of Corrections orders NPD to hire a matron
NORWICH – After a routine visit and inspection conducted by the New York State Commission of Corrections, the Norwich City Police Department is being instructed to hire a matron police employee to process female prisoners who are held in the NPD lock-up while waiting for arraignment.
An inspection from the Commission of Corrections is a regular occurrence and the absence of a matron officer at the facility has been overlooked for years, according to Police Chief Joseph Angelino. However, an increase in the number of female arrests in the city in recent years – which Angelino attributes to an increase in domestic violence – has led to concern from the commission regarding the department’s lack of a matron officer at the facility.
The commission is requesting that NPD address the issue and submit a plan to rectify it by May 18.
Recommendations have been made by NPD that the city’s Common Council create and approve the new position, which will then be forwarded to the Civil Service Commission for approval.
Responsibilities of the matron officer will include monitoring female prisoners brought to the police lock-up for arrest, and thoroughly searching all female prisoners as required.
Presently, NPD has a full-time female police officer who meets the necessary criteria of the matron position, but can’t be available at all the times needed, explained Angelino. No other part-time employee at the department meets the necessary requirements to do the work of a matron officer.
“We looked at all other possibilities to fill the position,” Angelino said. “We decided that we had to hire someone to comply with the recommendations made by the State Commission.”
According to Deborah DeForest, the city’s director of human resources, a matron employee is held in other municipalities to process female prisoners, but has never existed in Norwich. The city is currently in the process of creating the position, which will be a Civil Service occupancy, though testing might not be required to satisfy mandates set by the State Commission. It will be an on-call, part-time position, Angelino explained, and he estimates that the total amount of time worked might be no longer than 70 hours for the year.
“We’re not going to have a female here 24/7,” said Angelino, stressing that a matron will only be called in as needed. “We arrest females frequently, but it’s only on rare occasions that we actually need to hold them.”
Hours, wages, and other work related factors for the matron employee will be discussed by the council once the open position becomes official.
An inspection from the Commission of Corrections is a regular occurrence and the absence of a matron officer at the facility has been overlooked for years, according to Police Chief Joseph Angelino. However, an increase in the number of female arrests in the city in recent years – which Angelino attributes to an increase in domestic violence – has led to concern from the commission regarding the department’s lack of a matron officer at the facility.
The commission is requesting that NPD address the issue and submit a plan to rectify it by May 18.
Recommendations have been made by NPD that the city’s Common Council create and approve the new position, which will then be forwarded to the Civil Service Commission for approval.
Responsibilities of the matron officer will include monitoring female prisoners brought to the police lock-up for arrest, and thoroughly searching all female prisoners as required.
Presently, NPD has a full-time female police officer who meets the necessary criteria of the matron position, but can’t be available at all the times needed, explained Angelino. No other part-time employee at the department meets the necessary requirements to do the work of a matron officer.
“We looked at all other possibilities to fill the position,” Angelino said. “We decided that we had to hire someone to comply with the recommendations made by the State Commission.”
According to Deborah DeForest, the city’s director of human resources, a matron employee is held in other municipalities to process female prisoners, but has never existed in Norwich. The city is currently in the process of creating the position, which will be a Civil Service occupancy, though testing might not be required to satisfy mandates set by the State Commission. It will be an on-call, part-time position, Angelino explained, and he estimates that the total amount of time worked might be no longer than 70 hours for the year.
“We’re not going to have a female here 24/7,” said Angelino, stressing that a matron will only be called in as needed. “We arrest females frequently, but it’s only on rare occasions that we actually need to hold them.”
Hours, wages, and other work related factors for the matron employee will be discussed by the council once the open position becomes official.
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