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investigations, sexual assaults, drug law violations, message could advise them of any number of emer- photography, cyber crime investigations, and unified gency-specific situations such as hurricane or other command training weather warnings, chemical spills, or other hazardous situations. It can also be used for"neighborhood spe- In 2003 the Mashpee Police Department cific" situations. For example if a missing child was responded to 290 calls that were identified for follow- reported, Reverse 911 could be used to call residences up by the domestic violence specialist. In addition 35 expanding out to a certain radius from the point the additional residents were assisted for informational child was reported missing.This would notify the pub- and support services through direct walk-in or outside lic to be on the lookout for this child.The possibilities referrals from Independence House, Mashpee schools, are endless. We have also implemented an "include Mashpee Human Services, Mashpee Village, me" list for people with unpublished telephone num- Falmouth Hospital and the community at large. bers or those that are on "do not call" lists. We have had hundreds of responses, all of which have been On August 4, 2003 the Mashpee Police added to the telephone database. Department switched from our antiquated "Police Server" software system to a new state of the art sys- At the October meeting of the Mashpee Cable r tem purchased from IMC of Grafton, Massachusetts. and Advanced Technology Advisory Board, that body JMC is a heavily sophisticated Windows based system again showed their generosity and support for our that affords us the opportunity to take our computer department by agreeing to pay for the replacement of use to an entirely new level. Sophistication with a portion of our dispatch console. The$76,000 pledge regards to the gathering of statistics, the sharing of will provide us with new state of the art computer information between departments, the ease of using a hardware and software for the dispatch center. This Windows based operating system, advanced imaging project is pending final approval by the Capital r technologies, and much more have been realized. All Improvement Committee. A newly renovated, state- I upper and mid-cape police departments are using or of-the-art dispatch center will work wonders for the moving to the IMC software. morale of the police department dispatchers. This piece of infrastructure is critical to our efforts because Many thanks to the Mashpee Cable and it will allow our Public Safety Dispatchers to better I Advanced Technology Advisory Board's generous serve the needs of citizens requesting assistance. As I purchase, Mashpee has become the first town in our you know, the Police Department Dispatch Center is I area to install and put to use a"Reverse 9 11"computer the only location in Town where citizens have access I system. This system, built and supported by Sigma to a human being and are able to receive information Corporation of Indiana,is a sophisticated combination on a 24/7/365 basis. of computer hardware and software that can automati- cally call the entire town or specific sections of town During the past year the Mashpee Police r and provide them with a pre-recorded message. This Department has utilized volunteers to augment paid Mashpee PD Total FY 2004 Budget Breakdown f V7"M 93 ILI