New Albany Police Recommendation Meeting – April 9, 2026
New Albany Police Recommendation Meeting – April 9, 2026
The New Albany Police Recommendation Meeting was called to order at 11:30 AM on April 9, 2026. Roll call was taken: Denise Beckwith, Lamar Gal, and Josh Turner were present; Anthony Toran was absent. The board quickly approved previous minutes (with one abstention), heard a department report from the chief, discussed old business regarding grievances, and voted on an amended promotional list. The meeting adjourned shortly after.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes: A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes from the previous month. All present voted aye; one member who had been absent abstained. The minutes were approved.
Discussion Items
- Department Report (Chief): The chief announced that Mr. Del Roche will be sworn in as the latest officer on April 10, 2026. Spring firearms qualifications are underway and going well. He also delivered four background check packets for the last four candidates who tested, requesting that the record reflect the handoff.
- Old Business – Grievances: A member who had been absent from the prior meeting asked about the status of grievance matters. The response was "Stay tuned, we're gonna get it done."
- New Business – Amendment of Promotional List: Attorney Mr. Cartner presented a motion to ratify an amended promotional list. The original list ratified November 13, 2025 (covering only corporals) would be amended to include Robert Carter on the sergeant list and Darren State on the captain's list, placing both at the top of their respective lists. The amended list would be effective until July 16, 2026, when a full list would be implemented. The motion was read: ratification of the latest promotional list as amended, with retroactive effective date of November 13, 2026 (note: likely a transcription error; the original ratification date was November 13, 2025). A brief question about exhaustion of the list prior to July 16, 2026 was raised but did not alter the motion.
Key Outcomes
- Vote on Promotional List Amendment: The motion to ratify the amended promotional list (Robert Carter at top of sergeant list, Darren State at top of captain list, effective until July 16, 2026, retroactive to November 13, 2025/2026) was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously (all present voted aye; no opposed). The list will be superseded by a full list on July 16, 2026.
- Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and approved. The meeting ended promptly.
Meeting Transcript
Yeah. No, well, yeah. I know you're excited. Yeah, I'll vote it first. Oh, no, we're on Monday, so I mean we got Sunday. Okay, we're getting ready here in just a second. Yeah. Okay. Welcome everyone. We're going to bring this new Omnipolice recommendation meeting to order on this April the 9th, 2026. And first on our agenda is call to order, Denise. Roll call. Denise. Denise Beckwith. Here. Lamar Gal. Here. Josh Turner. Here. Will Skags? Anthony Toran. Absent. Okay, next on the agenda, we're going to do an approval for the uh previous minutes. I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from last month. I'll second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed. I'll abstain. I was not here. Okay. Minutes approved. Okay, next on the agenda, department report. Chief. Um tomorrow. Um Mr. Del Roche is going to be sworn sworn in. So he's the uh he'll be the latest. Um that's tomorrow. Um so talk to him today. He's looking forward to it. Um, and we are going through our uh spring firearms qualifications right now. That's going well. The only other thing I have is I'm delivering to you tonight uh these four packets. These are the background checks for the uh the last four who tested. So I'm gonna hand these down to you then just uh if you would let the record reflect that I handed those off to you guys. Yes. And that's all I have for now. Okay. Next on uh any old business.
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