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i owners should take the responsibility of properly review the information contained in this report so securing their homes, thereby lessening the tempta- that they may have a better understanding of the tion of a crime to be committed. Breaking and en- overall magnitude of the problems the Mashpee Po- tering into homes and businesses is a tremendous lice Department addresses on a daily basis. The an- .; problem in Mashpee as well as it is in other com- swers to these problems are not easy, but there must munities on the Cape. Homes must be locked when be an understanding that these are community prob- owners are absent as well as when they retire for lems, and, if we are to have a measure of success, the evening. If we are to be successful in investi- prevention and corrective measures must come from R gating these matters, we must have cooperation the community as a whole and not just the Police when officers are investigating. If a breaking and Department. entering crime occurs in your area, any information The Department will continue to address these you may have, no matter how small, may aid in the problems and with the continued support and under- apprehension of the perpetrator(s). standing of the Towns' people, we will strive to- This past year also brought a deep tragedy to wards our goal or better service to the community. the Police Department. For the first time in the De- Our thanks to Departments heads, Town official partment's history, one of its members had to fire committees and others that assisted us in 1988. his weapon in self defense in the line of duty, fatal- A special thank you to the citizens that have un- ly wounding the suspect he was attempting to ap- derstood the needs of the Department and attended prehend. Although the officer was subsequently ex- Town meetings to support those needs. onerated by an extensive investigation conducted by the District Attorney's Office, the members of Respectfully submitted, the Police Department were deeply saddened by the incident. Curtis W. Frye r' On a more positive note, in 1988, we met the Chief of Police challenge of educating our children, ourselves and reassuring the safety of our elderly. "Officer Doris" Appointments by Selectmen Dottridge conducts a weekly program at the Mash- pee Middle School focused on teaching the child Year of Hire that a policeman is a "friend". Other areas focused Chief of Police on were general safety, drug awareness and not Cutis W. Frye 1965 talking to "strangers". Deputy Chief of Police Officers of this department continue to receive Maurice A. Cooper, Jr. 1976 in-service training on a regular basis and from time Sergeants to time are required to attend courses offered by the William J. Ethier 1978 Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council. Ronald P. Bevacqua 1979 Some of the Department's officers have been certi- David H. Mace 1985 fied by the Council to instruct in the areas of firear- Patrol Officers ms, self defense tactics and C.P.R. Frederick A. Peters The reassurance program for the elderly now (Extended Injury Leave) 1968 has twenty-three members. The program was initi- Bradford R. Fish, Sr. ated in 1986, its purpose to establish communica- (Detective/Court Liaison/Prosecutor) 1970 tion on a daily basis with the elderly that are handi- Lawrence K. Frye capped and/or living alone, to insure their safety (Detective/Juvenile Officer) 1973 and well being. John P. Dami 1977 In the near future, we will be asking for the Douglas H. Flynn 1980 Town's support in the acquisition of a new addition Doris A. Dottridge 1980 and complete remodelling of the present police William A. Paolini 1980 building. The Department has very limited space William R. MacDonald for growth in its present station. (Extended Injury Leave) 1981 The lack of toilets for the employees and the Edward M. Slevin 1982 public have always been a problem as well as the Walter C. Juskiewicz 1982 shortage of office space, record keeping and proper Gerald J. Umina 1983 storage facilities. Paul L. Valeriani 1983 The more serious problems are lack of proper Matthew M. Clancy 1986 ventilation in the cell block, inadequate heating sys- Michael J. Sexton 1986 tem and lack of building security due to large glass Randy J. DeMello 1986 windows that can be easily accessed and lastly the Scott E. McCabe 1987 a onslaught of termites around the window casings. Hopefully the citizens of Mashpee will carefully hT, - 79 -