Stafford Police Chief Thomas Dellane presented the department’s annual report at the Oct. 15 meeting of the mayor and council. Annual reporting since 2017 provides an overview of how tax dollars are spent, community initiatives, crime statistics and more. The public can view the document at staffordpolice.org.
Dellanereminded the governing body and the public that the police is the only municipal department that operates every day of the year around the clock, which is why it consumes more municipal budget resources than any other.
In 2018, the department answered about 30,000 calls for service – down from 32,000 in 2017.
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