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EXETER &#8212; The borough council used its last regular meeting of 2015 to update its police policy and pass a 2016 operating budget.Councilman Joseph Esposito read the 21-point update to the current municipal police policy and explained that it is the culmination of months of meetings, research and discussion from Mayor Herman Castellani and the council&#8217;s police committee.Some highlights from the update include:&#8226; Annual performance reviews for all officers.&#8226; The prohibition of scheduled overtime shifts.&#8226; Requirements that all officers document shift activities.&#8226; The prohibition of computer usage for anything other than police business.&#8226; The limitation to borough e-mail addresses for correspondences regarding police business.&#8226; The possibility that council will require the installation of GPS and/or dashboard cameras in all police vehiclesCouncilman John Morgan attempted to have the motion tabled so that it could be reviewed prior to the January council meeting. He was backed by Councilman Joe Pizano, but council members Larry Dellegrotto, Thomas Shannon, Richard Turner and Esposito voted to pass the measure.When asked by Morgan, Castellani said that the borough&#8217;s force would have no trouble implementing the updates while Police Chief John McNeil stated that he was &#8220;not at liberty to comment.&#8221;&#8220;These are nothing but suggestions of things being done by other towns,&#8221; Castellani said.The council also passed a 2016 budget that will feature $1,521,069 in expenses, but $1,542,586 in revenue without any increase in property taxes, garbage or sewer fees.The budget was passed with only Morgan voting against it, claiming that he felt he was not involved enough in the budget process to vote confidently on the matter.Councilwoman Denise Adams was not present at Tuesday&#8217;s meeting.The borough council will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By B. Garret RoganFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach the Times Leader newsroom at 570-829-7242 or on Twitter @TLnews.</shirttailMeta></div>

Exeter updates policies for police department