Editing New London County, Connecticut (section)

==Government and municipal services==
As of 1960, counties in Connecticut do not have any associated county government structure. All municipal services are provided by the towns. Regional councils of governments were established throughout the state in 1989 in order to address regional issues concerning infrastructure, land use, and economic development. Most of the towns of New London County are part of the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, the exceptions being the towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, and Lebanon. Lyme and Old Lyme are part of the Connecticut River Estuary Regional Planning Agency, while Lebanon is part of the Windham Regional Council of Governments.

===Judicial===
The geographic area of the county is coterminous with the New London judicial district, with the superior courts located in the cities of New London and Norwich.

===Law enforcement===
Law enforcement within the geographic area of the county is provided by the respective town police departments. Prior to 2000, a County Sheriff's Department existed for the purpose of executing judicial warrants, prisoner transport, and court security. These responsibilities have now been taken over by the [[Connecticut State Marshal System]].

===Fire protection===
Fire protection in the county is provided by the towns. Several towns also have [[special-purpose district|fire districts]] that provide services to a section of the town.

===Water service===
Water service to 12 of the 21 towns of New London County is provided by a regional non-profit public corporation known as the Southeastern Water Authority. The Southeastern Water Authority supplies water to participating towns within New London County and is one of only two such county-wide public water service providers in the state. Seven towns receive water service from one or more private corporations. The city of Norwich and most of the town of Groton provide for their own water service.

===Garbage disposal===
Several towns in New London County have organized the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Resources Recovery Authority. The participating towns are East Lyme, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Sprague, Stonington, and Waterford.

===Education===
Education in the county area is usually provided by the individual town governments. The less populated towns of Lyme and Old Lyme have joined to form a single, regional school district (Region 18).

School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st09_ct/schooldistrict_maps/c09011_new_london/DC20SD_C09011.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st09_ct/schooldistrict_maps/c09011_new_london/DC20SD_C09011.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New London County, CT|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 22, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st09_ct/schooldistrict_maps/c09011_new_london/DC20SD_C09011_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

K-12:
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* [[Colchester Public Schools]]
* [[East Lyme School District]]
* [[Griswold School District]]
* [[Groton School District]]
* [[Lebanon School District (Connecticut)|Lebanon School District]]
* [[Ledyard School District]]
* [[Montville Public Schools]]
* [[New London School District]]
* [[North Stonington School District]]
* [[Norwich School District]]
* [[Regional School District 18]]
* [[Stonington School District]]
* [[Waterford School District (Connecticut)|Waterford School District]]
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Elementary only:
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* [[Bozrah School District]]
* [[Franklin School District]]
* [[Lisbon School District]]
* [[Preston School District (Connecticut)|Preston School District]]
* [[Salem School District (Connecticut)|Salem School District]]
* [[Sprague School District]]
* [[Voluntown School District]]
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There is also a privately endowed publicly funded school, [[Norwich Free Academy]].

===Politics===
Since 1952, New London County has voted for the presidential candidate that won Connecticut. In the last three presidential elections, Democratic strength was predominantly seen in the cities of [[New London, Connecticut|New London]] and [[Norwich, Connecticut|Norwich]], as well as much of the county's southern and coastal areas. Conversely, Republican strength in the same elections was seen in the northern areas of the county.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://authoring.ct.gov//SOTS/Election-Services/Statement-Of-Vote-PDFs/General-Elections-Statement-of-Vote-1922 | title=General Elections Statement of Vote 1922 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2016|title=Statement of Vote|publisher=Secretary of State|location=Connecticut|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/2016StatementofVotepdf.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Party Designations|year=2020|publisher=Secretary of State|location=Connecticut|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/2020-SOV.pdf}}</ref>
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