2016 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedures
CHAPTER 27. CONSTABLES
§ 2702. Board of Examiners.

(a) The Board of Examiners shall consist of 5 individuals: The Superintendent of the Delaware State Police or the Superintendent's designee; the Director of Public Safety of the New Castle County Police or the Director's designee; the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee; a representative from the Chiefs of Police Council; and a representative from the American Society of Industrial Security.

(b) The Board of Examiners shall be responsible for reviewing applications for constables, and shall satisfy itself that the applicants meet all the established requirements. The Board of Examiners shall be responsible for establishing such other general qualifications of applicants as the Board deems necessary. The Board of Examiners may conduct such further inquiry and investigation as it deems proper in order to satisfy itself of the good character, competency and integrity of the applicants.

(c) The Board of Examiners shall conduct an examination of an applicant's criminal history. A conviction for a felony in Delaware or elsewhere is an automatic grounds for disapproval of an application. The Board of Examiners shall review any misdemeanor convictions, and the Board may, in its discretion, disapprove of an application on the basis of such misdemeanor convictions.

(d) The Board of Examiners may establish a reasonable application fee.

(e) After the review process is completed, the Board of Examiners shall appoint and commission those applicants who have, as determined by the Board of Examiners, satisfied the requirements of this chapter and who are otherwise qualified to serve as constables.

65 Del. Laws, c. 433, § 1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 351, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;