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from the National Science Foundation in conjunction stopping crime before a citizen becomes a victim as with Cape Cod Community College, we were able to opposed to a reactive agency which only investigates install photovoltaic alternative energy in this new criminal activity after someone becomes victimized. space to run our lighting and refrigeration. We will Additionally, the statistical charts illustrate just how also use this project to develop a renewable energy busy the police department has been in providing tra. curriculum. ditional police services, including answering calls, conducting criminal investigations, and performing Our students are involved in working on many other diverse crime prevention functions to the com- community projects. The Ellen Jones Dental Clinic munity. One of our primary goals is to strive to keep had our Plumbing students install a water heater and people from becoming victimized by being vigilant, other plumbing work with our Electrical students com- visible and proactive across all areas of our commu- pleting the wiring for these new plumbing installa- nity. tions. Over this past year the police department, with the strong support of the Board of Selectmen and town We continue to look ahead to sustained improve- meeting voters has brought the Department close to ment in the ensuing years in all areas academic, tech- full staffing. Those efforts have translated into more nical, and extracurricular and we thank you for your officers assigned to law enforcement, criminal investi- continued support. gations, and supervision of police personnel. These efforts equate to deploying adequate resources where Sincerely, crimes are being committed, reduced response time, Robert Fleming and more arrests. Putting the numbers in perspective CCRTHS District Committee over the last four years, and taking into account our town's growth and population increases, I am pleased Bob Harrington to report to you that Mashpee remains a very safe CCRTHS District Committee town. The graph below shows how our personnel are deployed in order to best serve the public. The vast majority, (91.7%), of our sworn police officers are assigned to the Operations Division. This division is responsible for all patrol functions, traffic enforce ment, accident investigations, and criminal investiga- Report of the tions. It is commanded by one Lieutenant and 'a Deputy Chief of Police includes the Patrol Section, comprised of five -s Sergeants and twenty-two Patrol Officers and the Criminal Investigation Section, comprised of five I hereby submit the 2004 Annual Report of the Detectives. The Operations Division is the backbone Mashpee Police Department on behalf of the Office of of all modern police agencies and therefore receives the Chief. the vast majority of personnel resources in order to accomplish its mission. The Command Division is The following report provides the community comprised of the Chief of Police and Deputy Chief of with specific information concerning the many activi- Police. Traditionally,these two offices are responsible ties and services that the men and women serving in for overall policy and goal setting within the organiza the police department have been involved in during the tion and critical decision making. They also provide year 2004. Its purpose is two-fold; to inform the tax- budget preparation and legal research advising as payers of this great municipality regarding police required by the other divisions. The Administration activity and expenditures, and just as importantly, as a Division of the Mashpee Police Department is com way of providing accountability to those same tax a - prised of one Lieutenant and three part-time civilian Y P g tY P Y ers that their monies are being prudently and wisely support staff. This division manages the administra spent. I have included a statistical breakdown further tive functions required by any organization, such in this report in order to show the large increase over supply procurement, personnel management, and the preceding three year period in proactive police training. The division of personnel in this manner work that has been accomplished by the dedicated ensures that there are an adequate number of people men and women serving in the Mashpee Police available twenty-four hours per day to meet the needs Department. A proactive police agency serves its of our citizens. Additionally, by dividing our sworn community far better because its efforts are focused on personnel in this manner it keeps the organization -heavy", where there are more from becoming "top 106