Green v. . Kitchin

Stated in its broadest terms, this case presents this problem : Does a city or town possess authority in law to expend moneys raised by taxation in specially training its police officers for the performance of their duties, when the-expenditure has not been expressly sanctioned by legislative act or approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters of the city or town ?

The plaintiff asserts initially that this question must be answered in the negative because the Town of Weldon lacks statutory power to use public funds to train its police.

A city or town has “the powers prescribed by…