From: jeff bennett <j_bennett506@hotmail.com>

Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:12 AM
To: Bennett, Mike <mbennett@TempletonMA.gov>
Subject: non criminal disposition

 

Good day, i have a law enforcement question; Templeton has a number of bylaws with fines in place and we have non criminal disposition means of further enforcement. My question is if proof exists that a bylaw was violated and there is a fine listed but the party ignores the fine, would it be proper procedure for a resident to file a police report so as to pursue collection of money owed the town? According to town bylaws, the party responsible for enforcing bylaw is not the police department but ignoring the fine, would that constitute criminal or non criminal behavior that would become the business of law enforcement?

regards,

Jeff Bennett

 September 13, 2023, a dog hearing is scheduled for selectmen meeting, how can selectmen with a straight face have a hearing to decide if a dog and/or owner violated or did not follow a town bylaw when the selectmen and other town officials do not follow the town bylaws themselves. Town bylaw states the selectmen shall appoint a town counsel in June, yet the chair and the town administrator waited until July to appoint town counsel. This means they either do not know the bylaws or chose to ignore them. Since the selectmen are law breakers themselves, they have no right to sit in judgment of anyone else, so I hope they do not bring up town bylaws and by not following the bylaw, nor their own policy, they need to pay up the $300.00 per selectman fine, that is another town bylaw under non-criminal disposition.