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2011 Annual Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and I am pleased to submit my annual report as Chief of Police. This report follows the completion of my ninth year as Chief. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the Town Departments and employees for their continuing support of the Police Department during the past year. Without the strong support of the citizens of the community, our elected officials and other Town employees, especially Tracy Eldridge and those in the Communications Department, it would be difficult for us to successfully accomplish our mission. I also need to thank my Administrative Assistant, Suzanne Maksy, for her efforts to keep the administrative side of the department running smoothly. I would like to share some accomplishments from the past year. In light of increasingly difficult financial times, we have tried to continue our efforts to find grant opportunities for the department. Again this year, most grants were eliminated due to state funding cuts. We were awarded the following:
The department saw a slight decrease in arrests over last year. Arrests for simple assaults, drunk driving, and juvenile decreased and there was an increase in aggravated assaults and other offense arrests.
Property crimes continue to be a major portion of the department's workload with a slight increase in overall criminal offenses. The total value of items stolen as a result of these crimes was $56,132.00 for 2011. The department still lacks a detective to follow up on many of these cases.
Motor vehicle accidents decreased again for the second year in a row. Non-injury crashes decreased the most.
Traffic citation totals decreased over last year with officers writing more civil citations with fines than written warnings with no fines.
The department issued more firearms permits than in the previous year.
The department program assisting local businesses with collecting on bad checks met with great success again this year.
I encourage you to visit our department web site at www.rochestermapd.com to keep up-to-date on department activities, news releases, and to find out about and access many of the services and forms provided by the department. Respectfully submitted, Paul H. Magee Chief of Police View the 2010 Annual Report
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