Notes in a Nutshell: Police Commission

At this month’s Police Commissioner’s meeting, Asst. Chief Ed Koether gave the following incident report regarding police activities in March:

• On March 6 an attempted burglary was reported at 12:30 a.m. on Chestnut Ridge Road.

According to the report, two men attempted to remove a motorcycle from the garage, but left without the bike when homeowner confronted them.

• On March 28, someone forcibly entered a home on Indian River Road through the basement and took a variety of items.

• Youth Officer John Aquino installed car seats and began teaching DARE classes to Kindergarten children, led a tour of the police station for a Brownie troop, and conducted a lockdown drill at Amity Middle School.

• In March there were 30 criminal arrests, 199 motor vehicle tickets, 2 residential burglaries, three motor vehicle thefts (with one recovered), 28 larcenies, 80 motor vehicle accidents.

• Officers responded to 2,359 calls and 484 reports were written.

• Chief Robert Gagne said the records division brought in $213.23 from report sales; $740 for permits; $75 for parking tickets; $20 for fingerprints; $10 for record checks for a total revenue of $1,158. 23.

• Budget balances of note were the environmental system services funds are completely gone.

Utilities — phone, electric and gas are low, but that is a townwide concern.

Overtime is in the red.

Dispatcher overtime is okay, but being carefully monitored.

• Gagne said the Board of Finance approved  the department filling the 42nd officer space vacated by Officer Joe Funaro, who resigned and joined the FBI. The position for a 43rd officer will not be funded this year.

• Gagne said the department  received leadership training that proved valuable to all the officers.