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Open House for the public will be held sometime during Report of the Law Enforcement Week in May. Chief of Police The first D.A.R.E. Program(Drug Alcohol Resistance Education)was introduced to the fifth and seventh grade Middle School students.The seventeen week program was With pleasure I submit the Police Department annual taught by Detective Doris Dottridge. The department report for the year 1990.The year of 1990 has been a very plans to schedule this Drug Awareness Program annual- busy and interesting year for the Mashpee Police Depart- ly for the two grades. ment. March 7th marked the department's thirtieth year as a full-time organized police force under the provisions Taking a look at crime in Mashpee, I am happy to of the Massachusetts General Laws. report that Part I Crimes, as indicated in this report,in- creased only 3.6% over last year's figures, breaking and November lst, the department, along with the Secret entering numbers increased by 44, while larcenies were Service, provided protection for President George Bush down by 6. Part 11 Crimes show a decrease of I I% with on his visit to the Mashpee Middle School. the number of vandalisms dropping by 16 from last year's figures. We hope that this downward trend will continue December 1990, the department received its occupan- through 1991. Some citizens in Town have joined the cy permit and moved into a newly constructed facility. department in forming a neighborhood watch in an ef- fort to stop house breaks and other crimes from occurr- The Town Meeting of March 7th, 1960 approved Ar- ing in their neighborhood. We strongly urge anyone in- ticle Eighteen that authorized the Town to accept the pro- terested in forming such a group in their area to contact visions of Chapter 41, Section 97A of the Massachusetts Crime Prevention Officer Matt Clancy. General Laws, making the Police Department a recogniz- ed full-time operational police force. On June 10th, 1960, 1 would like to commend the members of the Police the Board of Selectmen appointed Wilbur A. Oakley as Station Building Committee for the professional way in Mashpee's first full-time salaried Chief of Police. Other which they oversaw the successful construction of the new Chiefs to follow were Chiefs Horace T. Gifford, George building. Sergeant William J. Ethier, Chairman of the G. Bingham Jr.,David J. O'Connor and Curtis W.Frye. Committee and Committee members Deputy Police Chief Maurice Cooper Jr., Executive Secretary Kevin Harr- Today, the department employs twenty-one full-time ington, D.P.W. Director Ernie Virgilio, Dennis Scannell officers, five special part-time patrolmen, five fullAime and Joseph Dimaggio volunteered their time to attend dispatchers and three civilian employees. many meetings and worked together to insure that sound judgement was used in decision making and problem solv- Officers retired in September were twenty year police ing, so that the project stayed on course and within the veteran Detective/Juvenile Officer Lawrence K. Frye and constraints of the appropriation. nine year veteran William R. MacDonald. Good luck to both! I would like to thank the members of the Mashpee Police Department for their loyalty and devotion to du- Hired to fill the vacancies were John J. Santangelo and ty displayed throughout the year. Christopher M. Hamilton. Doris Dottridge and Scott McCabe were assigned to the Investigation Unit. My thanks to the Town officials and Town employees for their assistance in 1990, and as always, a special Two weeks before the visit of the President of the thanks to you, the voters of Mashpee, for your support United States was scheduled, this department had the and understanding. pleasure of working with the Secret Service in setting up operations and planning the security needed for the Presi- Respectfully submitted, dent. More than sixty-five police officers from Mashpee, Falmouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Barnstable County Curtis W. Frye Sheriff's Department and State Environmental Police, Chief of Police took part in the operation. Needless to say, the opera- tion went very smoothly. A thank you to Ernie Virgilio Appointments by Selectmen for his part in helping Secret Service members and White July 1, 1990 Year of Hire House Staff in securing quarters for their operation. In December, the department moved its operation in- Chief of Police 1965 to the newly constructed building that was designed by Curtis W. Frye Gaffney Associates and constructed by Davenport Deputy Chief of Police Builders of Yarmouth. The total number of square feet Maurice A. Cooper, Jr. 1976 which includes the original building that was completely remodeled,is approximately 19,000 square feet.The 1.4 Sergeants million dollar project that took about seven months to William J. Ethier 1978 complete is a tribute to law enforcement in Mashpee and Ronald P. Bevacqua 1979 a facility that the Town can be proud of for years to David H. Mace 1985 come. A dedication is planned for February 1991 and an 90