January
2008
Surry Police Department -
End of Year 2007 Report
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I’m afraid that we must begin this years report on a rather sad note. Officer Roger Turcotte resigned at the very beginning of last January after working with us for numerous years. Soon after his resignation, he passed away. He has been missed by many!
On a more positive note, we welcomed Officers Scott Talbot and Joseph Marquay to our ranks. Officer Talbot has been in law enforcement for about 10 years, most of which was working for one of the Sheriff’s Departments in Vermont. Officer Marquay joins us with about 4 years of experience, primarily working with the Walpole Police Dept. We hope you join us in making them welcome within the Town of Surry.
We began the summer months with numerous reports of car break-ins, thefts and criminal mischief. All from the Dort Rd swimming hole parking lot. All of the thefts probably could have been prevented if the owners of the vehicles had secured them and not left valuables out in plain sight. We are finding more and more frequently that this area has become a very popular party spot and more often than not, families are being displaced by younger people with alcohol. We are hoping for the addition of some town ordinances to assist in curbing this situation.
The Mc2 program, currently residing in the Surry School has provided us with several felony level criminal cases. Most of which have been solved. We have also received numerous traffic related complaints about the students driving habits, which for the most part have been addressed. We have obviously noticed a fairly significant increase in traffic along the Village Rd attributed to the Charter School, no traffic complaints, just please be aware of this while walking in the Village.
Some of our equipment is beginning to show it’s age. We have begun sending our service weapons in for refurbishing. Our ballistic vests are probably due for replacement soon as well as some records management components. We will begin planning accordingly. The Crown Vic cruiser suffered some significant damage this past fall when a violent prisoner the Lt was transporting to the jail managed to kick out all the windows in the rear doors. This resulted in some additional charges against the prisoner. Restitution has already been recovered and the repairs have been made. Both cruisers have since been outfitted with some additional protective equipment.
Our overall activity numbers seem to be down this year, which is a good thing. Hopefully, this is a direct result of more active patrolling and not the “calm before the storm”. Our animal complaints are way down which is wonderful, and we also have seen quite a decrease in residents calling our homes for assistance, and we thank you for that!
As usual,
we want to extend our thanks to the Surry Fire, Rescue and Highway
departments for their continued assistance and support throughout the year.
The
following is a summary of the Police Departments activity for 2007:
Respectfully Submitted,
Gerald Clark Chief of Police
Joel Huntley Lieutenant
Scott
Talbot Patrolman
Joseph
Marquay Patrolman
01/26/2008
STATS '07
13 MV
Accidents
4 MV
Accidents w/Injuries
0 MV
Accidents Hit & Run
0 MV
Accident - Fatality
14 Criminal
Cases
0 Burglary
5 Criminal
Arrests
9 MV
Summons
121 Misc
MV Stops
0 OHRV
Complaints
1 Domestics
0 Noise
Complaints
10 Assist
Outside Agencies
5 Alarms/9-1-1
Calls
5 Prowler/Suspicious
Persons/Vehicles
65 Misc
Calls
7 Animal
Complaints
450 Personal
Contacts (Any official activity when a persons name would be
obtained.)
10 Number
of calls between 2300 & 0600
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CALLS FOR SERVICE HANDLED BY THE STATE POLICE
122 Total
Calls for Service as of 12/31/2007
183 Calls
2005