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2011 - Year in Review
I submit for your review the Annual Report for 2010. The year presented its challenges to the staff of the Oswego Police Department. With continued support of the Village President and Board of Trustees, we were able to meet those challenges while still providing quality law enforcement and maintaining a safe community for residents and visitors.
We continuously strive for quality in professional law enforcement services. A recent survey indicated that 88.7% were satisfied with the service from the Oswego Police Department. The men and women of this Department held down costs to provide the services mentioned throughout this report, which is approximately thirty dollars ($30.00) per capita below the average of similar surrounding communities.
Our crime rate dropped in 2010, once again. Along with our crime rate reduction, Part I and Part II Crimes, as well as traffic accidents were also reduced. Our complaints against officers decreased by over 50%, and overtime costs declined by over 20%. In addition, 50% of the overtime was reimbursed.
Our Traffic Enforcement Unit completed Operation Impact again this year, and to date, we have educated over 2,400 students on safe driving practices.
During 2010 we raised our overall training hours by approximately 700 to a total of 6,878 training hours for the department members, which represents an average of 104 hours per member, including part-time employees.
With over 13,000 traffic stops by the Oswego Officers, approximately 9,500 of these wrote were Written Warnings. It is the Department’s philosophy to gain compliance and safe roads, it is not to write citations.
As you read through this report, you will see there is a lot of information; should you have any questions or if you would like any additional information, please feel free to contact me at the Oswego Police Department.
The 67 men and women of the Oswego Police Department are extremely dedicated in providing the best possible service to the residents and to maintain a safe community. We take great pride in our community, in our Department and in ourselves.
Respectfully submitted,
Dwight A. Baird
Chief of Police
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