Traffic Controllers are an at-will civilian appointee who is not a sworn law enforcement officer and who is authorized to perform duties limited to the monitoring and safe direction and policies and procedures control of vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle traffic at a roadway construction zone or special event.
Traffic Controllers perform traffic detail duties at roadway construction zones or special events when Freetown police officers are unavailable and, to the extent possible, reduce the potential for compelling police officers to perform such detail duties.