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� r Report of the Report of the Board of Registrars Police Department • To the Honorable Board of Selectmen To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of Mashpee: and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: ash P p The following is the yearly report from the Board of I hereby submit the Mashpee Police Department's . Registrars, annual report for the year 1992. Town Meetings: 1992 has been a busy year for the Police Department, Calls for services rose 7.13ercent 99 p 9 more calls than Special Town Meeting - March 16, 1992 the previous year. Registered Voters: 5413 Attendance: 396 -7% The crime statistics for Mashpee show an increase of 4.1 percent in the more serious part-one crimes and a ` Annual Town Meeting - May 4, 1992 decrease of 23.8 percent in the lesser part-two crimes, Registered Voters: 5043 Attendance: 278 - 5% The department was very busy investigating domestic disturbances this year. The number of cases increasing Annual Town Meeting - October 5, 1992 from 193 in 1991 to 269 in 1992.This type of disturbance Registered Voters: 4940 can be burdensome to a small department such as ours; �t Attendance: 172 - 3.5% an officer and sometimes two officers can be tied up for hours on one case, helping victims, attempting to locate Elections: spouses, contacting court officials, serving court r documents and appearing in court. State Primary - March 10, 1992 Registered Voters: 4983 Court time also increased. Hours spent in court Votes Cast: 1629 -33% increased by 332 hours,from 2,182 hours in 1991 to 2,514 activity increased hours in 1993.The overall court y b y 17.8 Recount for Republican State percent. Committeeman - March 23, 1992 The major goal of the department in the coming year is Annual Town Election - May 9, 1992 to improve upon law enforcement efforts regarding Registered Voters: 5043 enforcement of crimes against ersons and property and p Votes Cast: 1834-27.5% drugs and an attempt to reduce part I and part II crimes. In addition, our goal is to increase our authorized State Primary - September, 15, 1992 manpower so that we can move the department for Registered Voters: 4867 traditional policing to more community orientated and Votes Cast: 1545 - 31% community problem solving. State Election -November 3, 1992 Policeersonnel action; Detective McCabe p ct�ve Scott Registered Voters: 5402 resigned to attend the State Police Academy.He* now a Y Votes Cast: 4619 -85.5% full fledged State Trooper. Good luck Scott. Michael Brown,a Mashpee Special Police Officer for four yearsy A special thanks to all who worked at the Town was appointed a full-time officer and attended the new Meetings and all the Elections. They did a great job! Police Academyin Needham MA. Four art-time � p dispatchers were hired for public safety communications, Respectfully submitted, Once again, a thank you to the members of the Jane D. Labute, Town Clerk Mashpee Police Department for their loyalty and Susan F. Van Tol Y Y devotion to duty displayed throughout the year. 's Karen V. Walden Paula L. Soltis, Chairman Mashpee Board of Registrars ,.k a i i�