VOLUME #2, ISSUE #13
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SHOWCASED POLICE STATIONS
FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
- Department: Essex
- Category / Size: Police Department / Small
- Address: 11 John West Avenue
- Telephone: 978-768-6628
- Website: https://essexmapd.com/
- Email: Refer to Website
- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Essex-Police-Department/337900516284972
- Jurisdiction Population: 3,710
- Jurisdiction Square Mile: 15.9
- Number of Sworn: 18 Total – 13 Full / 5 Reserve
- Number of Sworn Females: 1 ( 7.6% )
- Chief: Paul D. Francis
- EOW: None
- Annual Budget: FY 2024 – 2,226,542
- Accreditation: MPAC – June 2015
- Other: The Department participated in the April 2024 Autism Awareness Program in collaboration with the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism
- Other: According ti the 2023 Annual Report the Department responded and/or acted upon 15,940 incidents. Major Incidents: Breaking & Entering-4, Sexual AssaultRape-10, Motor Vehicle Accident -72, Vandalisms -13, Citizen Assist-871, Juvenile Issues-8, & Theft-10
- Department: Wenham
- Category / Size: Police Department / Small
- Address: 1 Friend Court
- Telephone: 978-468-5500
- Website: wenhampd.com
- Email: Refer to Website
- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WenhamPolice
- Jurisdiction Population: 5,301
- Jurisdiction Square Mile: 8.1
- Number of Sworn: 14 Full ( Plus 9 Reserve )
- Number of Sworn Females: 14 Full ( Plus 9 Reserve )
- Chief: Kevin DiNapoli
- EOW: None
- Annual Budget: FY 2024 – $1,890,241
- Accreditation: MPAC – October 2014
- Other: From 1942 until November 1945 the Town of Wenham published the “Wenham Wonderings” that served as a source of local news about the happenings in Wenham for the local men serving around the world during WW2. In the Christmas Issue, November 1944, page 4, under section titled “No News Good News” is an article that in part states that there have been no arrest, by then Chief of Police Hall, in all of 1944 to date. Read
- Department: Ipswich
- Category / Size: Police Department / Small
- Address: 15 Elm Street
- Telephone: 978-356-4343
- Website: https://ipswichsafety.com/ipswich-police/
- Email: commctr@Ipswichpolice.org
- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IpswichPolice/
- Jurisdiction Population: 14,100
- Jurisdiction Square Mile: 42.5
- Number of Sworn: 35 > 26 Full Time / 9 Part Time
- Number of Sworn Females: 2 Part Time (5.7% )
- Chief: Paul Nicholas
- EOW: Joseph Surpitski (Chief of Police), January 1970, Heart Attack
- Annual Budget: FY 2024 – $3,120,364
- Accreditation: No
- Other Facts: Article from the website posting of “Historic Ipswich,” Originally posted in 2015. The author of the article “A Simple Badge and Gun Does Not A Copper Make,” is former Chief of Police of the Ipswich Police Department Gavin Keenan. Read
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> MASSACHUSETTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NUMBERS
TOTAL: 441
- State: 6
- County Sheriffs: 14
- Municipal Local: 342
- University & College: 58
- Animal: 1
- Hospital: 14
- Housing Authority: 1
- Indian Reservation: 1
- Park: 2
- Port Authority: 2
> Professional Organizations
- Fraternal Order of Police
- Massachusetts Association of Campus Law Enforcement
- Massachusetts Association For Professional Law Enforcement
- Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association
- Massachusetts Coalition of Police
- Massachusetts Corrections Officer Federated Union
- Massachusetts Police Association
- Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission
- State Police Association of Massachusetts
> Judicial
A selection of Law Enforcement related cases HEARD by the Supreme Court of South Carolina from February to May 2024
SC – Supreme Court > February 6, 2024, # 2022-001280 > Freddie Eugene Owens, Brad Keith Simon, Gary DuBouse Terry, & Richard Bernard Moore, Respondents-Appllellants,, v. Bryan P. Stirling, in his official capacity as the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; South Carolina Department of Corrections; and Henry McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina, Appellants-Respondents. > In this cross-appeal, the Court reviews an order finding the firing squad and the electric chair, two of South Carolina’s methods of imposing the death penalty under S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-530 (Supp. 2023), are unconstitutional.
SC – Supreme Court > February 7, 2024, # 2023-000571 > The State, Petitioner, v. Adam Rowell, Petitioner. > The case involves the whether the Trial Court erred by refusing a Motion before for a new trial request.
SC – Supreme Court > March 27, 2024, # 2023-000914 > The State, Petitioner, v. Richard Kenneth Galloway, Petitioner. > The case involves the Petitioner’s claim that the Trial Court erred on three counts – 1. Excluding expert testimony, 2. Allowing testimony in violation of 404(b), SCRE, 3. Permitting testimony about the contents of a letter.
SC – Supreme Court > April 16, 2024, # 2023-000850 > The State, Petitioner, v. Gabrielle Olive Lashane Davis-Kocsis, Petitioner. > The case involves the Petitioner’s claim that the Court Appeals erred on two counts – 1. Sentencing, 2. Permitting a 911 call into evidence contrary to law.
SC – Supreme Court > May 1, 2024, # 2023-001131 > The State, Petitioner, v. Devin Jamel Johnson, Respondent. > The case involves the SC Court of Appeals reversing a Trial Courts Murder conviction. The Appeals Court found the Trial Court erred in the charing of the jury on an issue of accomplice liability.
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