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Dear Chief Hunt:

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General on several issues concerning the authority of the mayor and council for the Town of New Llano to hire and discipline police officers. Specifically, you want to know if the mayor and council can disregard the chief of police's recommendation when hiring a police officer. You also want to know if the mayor and council can suspend an officer for three days on a written complaint from another department concerning a speeding violation without the approval of the chief of police. You provided our office with the following…