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Padden reported the department’s citation total around the quarter mark as 2,156 and said that figure projects to roughly 8,600 citations by year-end if current trends continue. He said arrests to date are 157 and projected to rise; last year the department recorded 402 arrests.

“We have extra traffic enforcement and extra walking beats in the Uptown and South Moet area,” Padden said, adding that an officer has been assigned full-time to traffic on high-incident days to reduce crashes and red-light violations.

Padden described recent weekend operations supporting regional events — plainclothes officers on a marathon route, officers posted for the 250th anniversary observances — and local arrests, juvenile crimes and two recent DUI crashes.

On training, he said the department completed the state-required 40-hour in-service cycle (an estimated 2,600 training hours department-wide) and is sending personnel to voluntary classes, including instruction on identifying imposters and deceptive identification. Padden said the department’s cyber- and financial-fraud expertise helped recover funds and that officers worked with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to train other Norfolk County agencies on cryptocurrency and wire-fraud schemes.

Padden told the board that “our officers we actually sponsored with the US Attorney's Office ... to train everybody on how to do that,” and stressed seniors are frequently targeted by phone and text scams that prompt large monetary losses.

On staffing, he said the department has recruited lateral transfers and academy graduates; several new officers are finishing field training and some hires were experienced officers (he named Travis Dixon, a 15-year officer from Wellesley). He noted the time it takes for an officer to reach full proficiency — roughly five years — and said a mix of new recruits and lateral hires helps maintain experience.

The board asked about Real ID; Padden said Real ID primarily affects travel and not local policing, and noted residents with passports are already accepted for identification purposes.

Ending: The Selectmen thanked the chief and expressed support for continued traffic enforcement and senior-protection outreach.

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Bailey said the ladder truck is “still out of service” and is currently with a manufacturer-recommended vendor to address a transmission problem. He said the department has had “the best dialogue we’ve had in a while” and hoped for an update by the end of the week.

The chief said call volume “to date is, 2001 79,” a figure he described as roughly 19.45 emergency calls per day. He reported the department has provided mutual aid 41 times since Jan. 1 and received mutual aid 98 times, with ambulance responses accounting for most incoming aid.

Bailey and board members described operational impacts: ground ladders (largest 28 feet) let the department reach most second floors, but commercial-property incidents and complex rescues require a truck and so the department requests Norfolk County ladder support when needed. “If the captain feels that a ladder truck is needed, he just makes the request to Norfolk County,” Bailey said.

On equipment and grants, Bailey said the department closed out a previously awarded fire-safety equipment grant after receiving the gear and has accepted a second round of grant funding that must be spent before June 30. He said the department also received annual “SAFE” grants: $7,200 for student fire-education work and $2,600 for senior-safety programming.

On personnel, Bailey said conditional offers were extended to two candidates, and he named one recruit, Mitchell Sanchez, who is scheduled to graduate the police/fire academy on May 2. He reported two long-term injuries in the ranks and a recent short-term injury.

Board members asked how long it will take to replace the ladder truck; Bailey said the town has placed a request for a replacement on the capital-outlay list and that procurement/replacement timelines could be multiple years. He asked for continued mutual-aid cooperation while the truck is repaired or replaced.

The discussion remained at the informational level and no formal board action was taken during the update. The Selectmen thanked Bailey for the briefing and said they will continue to monitor the ladder-truck repair and the department’s mutual-aid needs.

Ending: The Selectmen moved on to other agenda items after a round of questions; Bailey said he would update the board when he had confirmatory repair information.

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Norwood police report rising citations, arrests and digital-fraud responses

Norwood fire chief: ladder truck out of service, mutual aid steady as grants arrive