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assisted with warrants and technical police ques- people in town to get involved and to report sus. tions prior to arrests on occasions. picious activities in their area. Consequently,the It is the duty of the Police prosecutor to handle number of suspicious activities reported this year or assist in all court matters involving the De- are up approximately 21.3%over last year,but the partment and assist the prosecutor-attorney in all amount of housebreaks are down by 14.6CI. trials. Other matters include signing complaints, The decrease in Part I crimes,on a whole,has to taking out all summons and subpoenas, assisting be directly attributed to the assisting eyes and ears in issuing search and arrest warrants,arraigning of our community. defendants,handling dispositions on trial basis or This year the Crime Report reflects a decrease at arraignments, getting continuances, attending in Part I and Part II crimes with an increase in hearings on probable cause,making returns to the service calls and a solution rate once again of 20(1(, court,contacting witnesses and attorneys concern- Edgar E. Burroughs ing trials, arraignments, dispositions, con- Detective g tinuances etc. assisting the public in obtainingDetective > g p complaints that would be signed by those con- cerned, responsibility for the court reports and Juvenile Officer Report preparation of necessary papers and evidence for trials; and as of January 1976, is in charge of all Juvenile-Complaints-Investigations-Arrests cases taken to the Superior Court, short of the - 1976 actual trial. 4 Child Abuse Reports - Investigated Despite the continued amendments of the Gen- p g procedures, again, the 30 Runaway Reports - Investigated eral Laws and court p g 67 Truancy Complaints - Investigated Prosecutor-Attorney has enjoyed a successful year 14 Criminal Complaints Ad'udicated(Juv.Crt.) at court and received excellent co-operation from p J the Police Prosecutor and the other officers in fil- 23 Stubborn Child Compalints - Investigated in complete reports in a timely manner and being 6 Arrests - Disturbances - Disorderly - Mal, g p P y g Des. ready when their cases are scheduled. The co- 21 Arrestsi law operation on behalf of civilian witnesses involved - Violation Anti-Nose by in police matters within the court system is greatly Det. (JO) Lawrence K. Frye needed and appreciated. All a rr A. Green State Police Arrests in Mashpee Prosecutor-Attorney Traffic Violation . . ... 1 Respectfully Submitted, Detective Division Report George G. Bingham, Jr. Chief of Police For the year 1976 ...This unit investigated 260 Breaking and Entering reports. Other investiga- tions included a reported rape; 3 robberies, one beingarmed• and assault cases. Al i Report of the � so investigated were most of the Part II crimes and many of the service calls. IreDepartment During the year,I received 112 complaints from the First District Court of Barnstable.Thirty-four of these complaints still are waiting court proces- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen sing. Of the complaints processed, I was able to and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: F. have convicted and sentenced 1 male to MCI Wal- The accompanying chart is self explanatory, pole, 2 males to MCI Concord, and 4 males to and shows the breakdown of runs for the Calendar Barnstable County House of Correction. Year 1976. During the year I gave many lectures through- Although we have had'several breakdowns and out the Town on Crime Prevention.Through these spent a considerable amount of money for repairs lectures, many people used the free engravers, this year,our rolling stock is in good shape.we are which are available at the Police Station, to en- continuing our efforts to build u our inventory of p s= grave valuables. These lectures also encouraged equipment such as hose and other related items. -- 8