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DEXTER POLICE DEPARTMENT 2008 Annual Report July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 Community Message Board Installed - Oct. 2007 61 Messages to the community have been displayed to date. A collaborative effort between many individuals, civic and community organizations and the Town of Dexter, an Electronic Message Board was purchased and is displayed on the front of the Dexter Police Department. The intent of this message board is to be able to visually communicate to the public, upcoming civic, community and public safety messages. Officer Chase resigned Dec. 15, 2007 to take full time job with Madison PD Hired two Reserve Officers: Corey Dodge and Jonathan Ray Jan 2008 Four Bulletproof vests were purchase in November and partially reimbursed through a Maine Municipal Grant of $1600. Cost was $2400.00. The Town paid $800.00 Jon Brown resigned 1-24-08 as he was hired by State Police. He graduated from the State Police Academy in March 2008 and was number one academically in his class. He was Class President and also number one academically in the Basic Police Academy. Officer Corey Dodge an MCJA graduate was hired on 1-24-08 and resigned 2-3-08 to take a position with Blackwater Security in Iraq Kevin Wintle was rehired effective 2-8-08 as Full time Officer. Jeff Gotreau resigned effective 4-19-08 to take a Patrol Officer position with Brewer P.D. The Dexter Police Department sponsored 15 Middle School kids for Camp Postcard, a free summer camp in Augusta. Eleven were selected but only four could attend. Inmates from the Charleston Correctional Center completed painting and installing a new tile floor 5-23-08. Gary Morin started 6-12-08 Full Time Officer. He has experience with Newport P.D. and with an agency in New Hampshire. Piscataquis Public Health Council Receives Grant to Address Underage and High Risk Drinking Thursday, April 16, 2009 Dover-Foxcroft, ME— The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) recently announced the release of funds to the Piscataquis Public Health Council as one of twenty-eight community partners across Maine involved in preventing underage alcohol use and reducing high risk drinking in Maine. "Underage drinking and high risk drinking are community problems" said Guy Cousins, OSA Executive Director. "By funding these partnerships across Maine, we help communities actively be part of the solution". "This funding provides us with a great opportunity to collaborate and support local law enforcement, and allows us to support local retailers with employee beverage/seller server trainings" said Robin Mayo, Community Partnership Director, Piscataquis Public Health Council. "We have been working at addressing underage and high risk drinking within our communities and this will really enhance our efforts." Funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, OSA has awarded Piscataquis Public Health Council an eighteen month supplemental grant of $56,159 that will focus on reducing alcohol through collaborations, policies, enforcement, and education. The Piscataquis Public Health Council will partner with police departments in Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Brownville, Greenville, and Dexter, as well as the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Department. The police departments will work collaboratively to enforce the State's Model Underage Drinking Enforcement Policy that each department has adopted locally. Active party patrols will be conducted through scheduled patrols that look for underage drinking in known party locations or in response to reliable information that a party will occur at a specific time or place. Passive Party Patrols will occur when law enforcement responds to a community report of an underage drinking party currently in progress. They will work to enhance and improve call-out teams for handling underage drinking parties. The Piscataquis Public Health Council also has agreements with School Union 60 in Greenville and MSAD #12 in Jackman to work on School Substance Abuse policy development. The Piscataquis Public Health Council will also be contracting with Frank Lyons, of BC Consultants, a twenty-three year veteran of Liquor Licensing Enforcement who will be providing Beverage Seller/Server Trainings to local area retailers and is a certified instructor with the Maine Criminal Academy. The training will help retailers prevent costly violations and civil suits, instill more confidence in alcohol servers and potentially reduce Liquor Liability Insurance premiums (dependant upon insurance carrier approval). Piscataquis Public Health Council, a local Healthy Maine Partnership, is located at 897 West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft on the Mayo Regional Hospital campus in the Old Mayo Building. For more information on this new program or how to get involved, call 564-4184 or e-mail Community Partnership Specialist Shannon Bishop at sbishop@mayohospital.com. For more information on this grant, visit the OSA website at www.maineosa.org.