East Windsor Board of Selectmen to Ponder IDs for Town Officials

East Windsor selectmen are expected Tuesday to discuss which elected officials are and should be carrying town identification badges.

The discussion is an outgrowth of a from some town constables who want official identification from the town. The want the IDs so they can pursue jobs such as serving legal papers.

At their July 3 meeting, some selectmen questioned who had badges in the town and why they need them. Selectman James Richards said during the meeting for instance he doesn’t believe police commission members should have ID badges because their job is to be managers of the police department.

“I think we need to pull in all of the IDs,” Richards said.

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First Selectwoman Denise Menard said members of the emergency management department need IDs but maybe those could be put on lanyards and kept at the department’s office until they are needed.

Selectwoman Dale Nelson said the emergency management personnel should keep their IDs with them in case a major catastrophe happens and they need to get back into town.

Menard said she would check into how the emergency management department handles its ID badges.

Richards said he knows of people who are running around with IDs that are no longer on town boards.

“I just want to know who’s got what,” Richards said.