Chelsea Police Department 2013 Annual Report | Page 4

To Our Stakeholders,
On behalf of the
fine, hardworking
men and women of
the Chelsea Police
Department (CPD) I
am extremely
enthusiastic once
again as I begin my
seventh year as the
City’s Police Chief to present the 2013 CPD Annual
Report. I am extremely proud of CPD and the
excellent service which it provides to those who live,
work, and travel in Chelsea. It is and has been my
philosophy that we must strive to serve the community in the most efficient manner possible. During my
tenure as Police Chief, I have continually sought new
avenues to improve our effectiveness and increase
the Department’s efficiency. Given the current fiscal
climate, these efforts are now more important than
ever.

This past year the CPD became one of only 37 police
departments out of 370 agencies statewide, including 10
major College and University Police Agencies, and only
one of nine of the 35 Major City Police Departments in
the Commonwealth to achieve the prestigious and
professional status of excellence in law enforcement by
receiving it’s second subsequent three-year award of
Statewide Accreditation. Although participation in this
State Accreditation process is strictly voluntary, the
successful attainment of the status by the CPD ensures
and ultimately reinforces that the delivery of all police
services in the City of Chelsea are at the highest level of
professionalism and integrity possible. The CPD received
its first Accreditation Award in 2010.

As we move into 2014 we continue to look at new
initiatives and projects stemming from feedback
received during the evaluation and assessment of our
policing tactics, strategies, policies and programs revealed during the accreditation process over the past
several years. We pledge to further incorporate
technology, accountability and ingenuity in combating
In the pages that follow you will see that CPD
continues to lead the way through current adversity crime and addressing those quality of life issues that lead
to further crime. We will continue to work under a comand continuing challenges that confront us from
across the state and nation by maximizing our avail- munity policing model utilizing the concept of “smart poable resources, finding innovative and creative ways licing” and community engagement working as efficient
to support our mission, and providing for th