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E- American 1.3%. The substantial majority of our con. Report of the tacts were with Whites as reflected by this data. Police Chief In 2006, the Police Department graduated two j Citizen Police Academy classes. Citizens participating To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the in these classes provided positive feedback and felt 'I Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: they had a better perspective of what the Police T. Department does and how it operates. Citizens wish. The Mashpee Police Department experienced ing to enroll in future classes are encouraged to con- tact us.The Citizen's Academy Alumni is always there f another busy year in calls for service. The department Y y to assist us in providing support,especially during spe. continued to meet its demands without adding any per- sonnel. The Animal Control Officer was transferred to tial events. the Police Department after long time ACO June Daley retired.I would like to extend my sincere appre- The TRIAD group at the Police Department has I dation for June's years of dedicated service m this become involved in providing assistance in the capacity. June's commitment to the welfare of domes- enforcement of disabled parking. Merton Sapers tic animals and willingness to respond to any type of deserves credit for bringing this program to fruition. ! animal call will be missed. Violators are subject to a $200 fine as a result of an updated By-Law penalty approved by the Board of In terms of personnel, the department appointed Selectmen. Michael Assad to the position of police officer and Robin Hamblin to the position of Dispatcher. Officer The Police Department also received a generous I!I' Assad was a previously certified officer in the gift from town resident Ed Larkin. The Vericom com- Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dispatcher puter system is a traffic accident investigation tool that Hamblin has previous experience with the New will enhance accident reconstruction and provide us Bedford Police Department. In addition, Sergeant with pertinent information. Michael Lacava returned to the police department from a long term on-duty disability. Sergeant Lacava Through increased visibility and frequent has been a tremendous asset to patrol operations since patrols, I would like to believe that our efforts have his return. I commend his personal ambition, commit- made Route 130 a safer highway. After a series of ment to duty and conditioning program in making his tragedies on Route 130 in 2005 that included five fatal recovery possible. The department also appointed accidents, serious accidents in 2006 were drastically William Cuozzo to the position of police officer. reduced. More importantly, according to surveys pro- i Officer Cuozzo graduated from the Massachusetts vided by the Department of Public Works, average Municipal Training Academy in 2006. speeds have been reduced. The department faced some challenges in crimi- The Police Department currently has two acci- nal activity in the vicinity of Mashpee Village this dent reconstruction officers who have received spe- year.Working in a collaborative effort with the Village cialized training to qualify them for their collateral management and residents, we were able to target the duty. Officers Ronald Allen and David Mackiewicz criminal element in our intense investigations that suc- are assigned to this unit. cessfully led to arrest warrants and search warrants. We will continue to monitor the progress within the The Police Department also received grant fund- area and endeavor to remove serious law violators ing in 2006. This included funds for traffic enforce- from that environment. ment and night vision equipment. The department also continues to receive its annual community policing The Police Department completed its data col- grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. lection regarding the subject of "racial profiling." There was no compelling evidence to believe that any The Police Department also initiated its K-9 pro. problems existed within the Mashpee Police gram in 2006 with Officer Joseph Kelley assigned to Department. However, data collected validated our this unit. The Mashpee Police Department welcomes reasonable assumption that this type of enforcement "Rex"to its ranks as a drug detection dog.The staff of action is not a part of our enforcement decision-mak- Leach Animal Hospital in Mashpee has been instru- ing. After reviewing thousands of motor vehicle stops mental in providing care to "Rex" and we appreciate and field interviews for over a year, it was determined their services. that officers had contact with motorists as follows: African American 8.6%, Hispanic 3.9%, Native In order to support the K-9 unit and other func- tions, the Mashpee Police Foundation was established 42