Police Department

Post date: Mar 10, 2016 4:34:34 PM

Since the last report on 01/05/17:

Training: All officers have started their annual forty (40) hour In-service training mandate. This years required courses are Legal Updates, Police Interactions with Youth, Dealing with Persons with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Active Shooter, Dynamics of Addiction, and Defensive Tactics. Classroom training is held within the county for all topics, and some are available as online training.

Motor Vehicle Crashes: There were five (5) MV crashes reported:

Parked/Parking Lot (1): Spring St (MV backed into a parked MV)

Roadway (2): Water St (Unknown MV struck the solar speed sign); Hancock Rd (MV struck a fallen tree across the roadway)

Intersection (1): Main St @ Cole Ave (MV struck the back of another while stopped at the red light)

Animal (1): Main St (Deer)

Unknown (0):

Motor Vehicle Stops: Eighty-three (83) MV stops were conducted during the reporting period.

Motor Vehicle Citations: Ninety (90) violations were cited on the following roadways:

Bridges Rd (7); Cold Spring Rd (15); Cole Ave (11); Gale Rd (3); Lab Campus Drive (1); Main St (25); New Ashford Rd (5); North Hoosac Rd (11); North St (1); Sand Springs Rd (2); Simonds Rd (1); Southworth St (4); Spring St (2); Stetson Ct (1); Water St (1)

Parking Citations: One hundred forty-five (145) parking violations were issued this reporting period:

Across Private Way 2

    • Spring St

All Night Parking 38

    • Linden St (1); Moorland St (1); Park St (11); Spring St (8); Spring St Lot (16); Stetson Rd (1)

Double Parking 0

Overtime Parking 88

    • Latham St (4); Park St (20); Spring St (64)

Prohibited Area 17

    • School St (8); Spring St (6); Water St (3)

Upon Crosswalk/Sidewalk 0

Wrong Direction 0

Town Bylaw Violations: Three (3) Loose Dogs (Henderson Rd, Main St & Petersburg Rd)

Criminal Summons: 0

Criminal Arrests: 2

Since the last report, three (3) criminal charges were taken against two (2) individuals for the following:

01/08/17 @ 2359 (Arrest) Assault on Family/Household Member; Assault W/Dangerous Weapon (Hammer)

01/11/17 @ 0125 (Arrest) Assault & Battery

Protective Custody: 0


Dispatch: Five hundred ninety-six (596) calls for service were received at Dispatch from Thursday, January 5, 2017 (0700) to Thursday, January 19, 2017 (0700):

    • Police (476)

    • Ambulance (108)

    • Fire (12)