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p 'F' Our ability to continue to add new community is directly attributed to the professional dedication and policing programs has been enhanced through the expertise of our Public Safety Dispatchers. S police department being awarded over $1 million in if federal and state grants over the past five years. We The Town is now in its fifth year of the use of the will continue to aggressively seek out these funding E-9-1-1 emergency number service,with our calls still d r sources which allow a quickly developing community initially going to Barnstable County's Communica- such as Mashpee to transition into effective programs tions Center, where they are relayed to our n without adverse financial impact. At this point, your Dispatchers. We receive about 40%-50% of our total ie Police Department is better staffed, trained and emergency calls through the new number and we will r equipped than ever before in its history,to better serve continue to try to educate citizens to call 9-1-1 in our citizens. emergencies. Using 9-1-1 provides us with visual is computerized displays showing caller's identification s- In the years to come, we will continue to strengthen and location for better service from us. )r our partnerships with Mashpee's citizens that result in re � the most effective delivery of services in the true spirit We entered into a partnership during 1999 with the th of "Community Policing". During the forthcoming State Police on a radio system that will serve our pub- o- C year we will continue to refine successful programs lic safety needs with little or no expense by us for a or and examine new ones that will allow us to facilitate number of years to come. This new communications 1 ! the best possible professional working relationship system, completed with significant savings to our citi- es ' with those we serve. zens, provides better radios for us and facilitates er improved communications with all other public safety 9, SERVICE CALLS ACTIVITY: 1999 was another departments on Cape Cod. We will continue to study a nbusy year for the department,as evidenced by our con- number of other high technology developments for tinuing high level of Calls for Service. Overall,violent possible implementation recommendation if they he crime in the community dropped, mirroring the prove to be of financial and logistical benefit to the rd national trends. Of particular note were significant community. decreases in both Breaking&Entering and Auto Theft :y, SUMMARY: I continue to be gratified by the high reports.However,there was a sharp increase in Simple M ' Assault reports and Vandalism complaints continued level of support and cooperation that I have received °h their steady rise, as in past years. Another discourag- as from our elected officials, other Town departments, ing steady increase was in the number of Domestic the staff of the department, and from throughout the as Violence reports received by the department. Despite community. Together, I believe we have made a re significant emphasis in this area, we have not seen the marked difference in improving the quality of life in decreases that we had hoped for. Auto Accident the Town and we will continue to work hard on behalf or reports were up 20%, returning to their normal range of all of the citizens of the Town. after a articular) low year last year. The members of the Police Department welcome n- I believe that our statistics continue to reflect a your input and your suggestions as to how we might closer partnership between the police and our citizensbetter serve you every day in the forthcoming year.We VY In an improved partnership, citizens are inclined to know that through solid community partnerships, we e" can continue to provide our professional services to report matters that they previously may have felt insignificant to warrant calls to the police. That may the Town at the outstanding level that you have come iw be a factor in the increases in some categories, such as to expect from us through the years. to Vandalism. Overall our statistics, which are included On behalf of the Police Department and all of the he for your review, continue to reflect that the Town of fine men and women who comprise the department, I Mashpee is a safe place in which to live and work. would like to thank the Town's officials and employ- he Within the department, credit for continued success ees for assistance to us during 1999. A special thank goes to our police officers "on the street" who work you goes to all of our citizen-customers and the voters ' hard to provide the front-line defense for us against for your much-appreciated support in 1999. I crime in our town. ar he PERSONNEL ACTIONS: During 1999, Respectfully submitted, w Dispatcher Barry Good was hired to fill a vacant osi- P William C. Przybylek ad tion in our Dispatch Center created by the resignation n of Dispatcher Jean Lotrionte. Chief of Police ' a COMMUNICATIONS: Our Public Safety he Communications Center continues as the primary con- i trol point for all Police responses for our community. rs The continued success of that very complex operation w 87 �i�