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back. Chief Viles stated that he would contact several local departments to see what they do and take the average of them. It was agreed upon by the Commission and the Chief of Police that the telephone requirements would be in a Directive and not included in SOP 9.00. Commissioner Bryant asked if the SOP was ready to be approved and Commissioner Fitzpatrick asked if the car issue had been addressed to which Commissioner Bryant P; responded that it had not. Commissioner Bryant stated that he didn't believe that the car issue should not be addressed by the Commission and that it was day-to-day operations. Commissioner Fitzpatrick stated that he thought it was in SOP 9.00 and Chief Viles stated that in SOP 9.00 it states that he issues the police vehicles and he can assign whether it was restricted or unrestricted usage. Chief Viles stated that SOP 9.00 was being changed because of the new state statute that was approved in January 2012. Commissioner Fitzpatrick asked what SOP would cover the use of police vehicle by a police officer that lives out of county. Chief Viles stated that it has never been discussed in an SOP and because the assignment of cars is tied to the budget it has always been left to the Chief of Police to make that determination. Chief Viles stated that he was aware that one officer has moved to Avon and the other officer is currently living in Brownsburg and because of the old law they were not able to take police vehicles home. Chief Viles stated that the new law has changed allowing officers to live outside the county in which they work. Chief Viles also stated that he had discussed this issue with two members of the Town Board and had not yet discussed it with the member present. Commissioner Fitzpatrick advised that he would like for SOP 9.00 to include a fifteen or twenty mile radius in which an officer can live in and take his assigned police vehicle, whether he lives in Morgan County or not. Commissioner Bryant stated that he believes the car issue is a day-to-day operation. Town Attorney Currens stated that it was within the powers of the Police Commission to make these changes. Commissioner Bryant stated that he was concerned about the snowball effect, since last month we only had one officer living outside the county and we know have two. Commissioner Bryant asked what we would do if all the officers moved out of the county and Commissioner Fitzpatrick said to let them and he explained that currently 2/3 of all the Mooresville Police Officers live outside the city limits. Commissioner Fitzpatrick it provided the other two Commissioners with maps detailing the location of each residence of the police officers currently employed. Commissioner Fitzpatrick argued that an officer currently living in Morgan County can drive his car into any of the surrounding counties as long as he stays within his allotted monthly mileage but the officers that live in Hendricks County are not allowed to take their cars home. Commissioner Fitzpatrick stated that by having this restriction it restricts the quality of applicants that we will get for future hires and potentially cause us to lose current officers.