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<br /> Report of the Report of the
<br /> Board of Assessors Chief of Police w
<br /> To the Honorable Board of Selectmen To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
<br /> and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee:
<br /> The Board of Assessors submit the following report for I am pleased to submit the annual report of the Police
<br /> the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1987 (valuations as of Department for the calendar year 1987. ;
<br /> January 1, 1986: At the close of 1987,the Police Department's request for
<br /> services numbered 15,433.This figure represents a 37.5 per-
<br /> Gross amount to be raised $9,402,361.69 cent increase over the 1986 figure. (The Department
<br /> Total estimated receipts and revenue answered 4,209 more calls in 1987).
<br /> from other sources 2,444,973.00 Alarm fines increased threefold in 1987,still the Depart-
<br /> Net amount to be raised by taxation 6,957,388.69 ment is plagued with false alarms that uses valuable patrol
<br /> time. A large number of these alarms are caused by user
<br /> Real taxable property valuations 697,679,315.00 error. The Department responded to 1,434 false alarms,
<br /> Personal property valuations 27,048,674.00 an increase of 291 over the previous year.
<br /> Total taxable property valuations 724,727,989.00 Crime Stats:Part I offenses, (violent crimes and prop-
<br /> erty crimes)increased only 4%, while Part II offenses(all
<br /> Tax rate per thousand 9.60 a
<br /> other crimes) increased 21%. Vandalism, narcotic drug .
<br /> Real property tax levied 259,670.62 violations and liquor law violations contributed to the large I'
<br /> Personal property tax levied 259,670.62 increase in Part II offenses. Forcible entry into a dwell-
<br /> Total taxes levied on real and ing/building decreased 29%, larceny increased 37%. The
<br /> person property 6,957,388.69 crime of larceny includes attempts at larceny. As of July
<br /> 1, 1987,the Department operated on a reduced budget, less
<br /> The above valuations reflect an update increasing the patrols were visible after the summer months and Depart-
<br /> total taxable town value from $651,056,411.00 in Fiscal ment Safety and Drug Programs at the Middle School were j
<br /> Year 1986 to $724,727,989.00 in Fiscal Year 1987. put on hold.
<br /> The following is a breakdown of the Fiscal Year 1987 Police Station Building Addition: Gaffney Associates
<br /> taxable valuation into five classes of properties: were hired to provide architectural design drawings for the
<br /> Police Station addition. Several meetings were held with
<br /> % of total Total Value the Building Committee and the architects and preliminary
<br /> Class drawings and construction cost estimates are expected in
<br /> value
<br /> early 1988.
<br /> I Residential 89.5167 648,752,500.00 New Employees: The Town hired two replacement
<br /> II Open Space .0418 303,300.00 Public Safety Dispatchers, Louisa Oakley and Liz Riley.
<br /> III Commercial 5.2600 38,120,815.00 The Department now has five full-time Dispatchers.
<br /> IV Industrial 1.4492 10,502,700.00 Radio Communications: The Department received its
<br /> V Personal Property 3.7323 27,048,674.00 new radio system and began operating on the new 800
<br /> 100.0000010 724,727,989.00 megahertz frequency in late May. The new system has im-
<br /> proved radio communications 100%and has solved weak
<br /> Respectfully submitted, signal problems that the old system was unable to do. The
<br /> Department plans to expand its communication abilities
<br /> C. Ben Lofchie, Chairman
<br /> by installing a radio satellite in the northern section of
<br /> Arthur V. Morley, Vice Chairman
<br /> Robert R. DeLory, Clerk Town. The radio signal will expand to Mashpee units
<br /> operating in the vicinity of the Barnstable Court, Jail
<br /> House and off Cape.
<br /> My congratulations to Deputy Chief Maurice A.
<br /> Cooper, Jr. for successfully completing an eleven week
<br /> course at the F.B.I.Academy in Quantico,Virginia.Also,
<br /> my congratulations to Detective/Juvenile Officer Lawrence
<br /> K. Frye for his election to the position of Vice President
<br /> of the Massachusetts Juvenile Police Officer's Association
<br /> and to Bradford R.Fish, Sr., Court Prosecutor/Firearms a
<br /> Arms Instructor, for his successful attendance to the In- f"¢
<br /> ternational Association of Law Enforcement Firearms In-
<br /> structors'National Training Conference in Mesa,Arizona
<br /> in early October.
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