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Buxton Police Department Annual Report January 2022 – December 2022 Interim Chief Kevin R. Collins

agencies and the public alike. These upgrades are being implemented at the start of 2023 for immediate use, and will be announced as soon as the devices are operational.

The department held an end of the year training session (Intranasal Naloxone Administration) on the deployment of Naloxone otherwise known as Narcan, which may be deployed when officers are dispatched to the scene of Opioid overdoses. “The total number of overdoses from January-October for the State of Maine is 4.8% higher than during January-October of 2021 (9.0% fatal and 4.5% nonfatal). During the period of January-October of 2022, fatal overdoses comprised 6.7% of all overdoses, just slightly higher than the 6.4% for the period of January-October of 2021.” (Statistics pulled from the Maine Drug Monitoring Initiative). With the increasing rates of Opioid overdoses, our department felt it necessary to provide our officers with the most up to date equipment, and immediately implement the training needed to utilize these lifesaving tools. They will be issued to officers at the start of the new year and will ensure our officers have the tools necessary to help protect themselves and the public from the dangers of Opioids. Due to technical issues with the Buxton Police Department’s previous Facebook page, we have created a new profile for all information and contact by the public going forward. We are no longer using or have access to the old page, so please direct any questions or concerns to our new profile that is named Buxton Maine Police Department and is up and running as of December 27 th, 2022.

Dispatch Services:

DISPATCH STAFF

Dispatcher Jeremy Gagne Dispatcher Jacobs Wells Dispatcher Matthew Dahms Dispatcher Michaela Wilhite

In 2022, Buxton Communications Center logged 26,478 calls. These were calls for Police, Fire and EMS services as well as calls that did not require emergency response units such as Community Cares calls, Court Ordered Check-Ins, and Informational Calls as a few examples. The chart below shows a slower but steady increase of

Reserved Dispatchers: Aubrey Pennell Branden Walker

Police/Fire/EMS 1474

11% from the 23,824 calls in 2021 and shows that the town, in just two years, experienced a drastic increase in calls for service from the low 14,523 calls in 2020, almost double the number of calls for service. Buxton is growing, which in turn causes the number of emergency responses to increase. At this time the Buxton Police Department is still looking for a Full-Time Dispatcher to fill our vacant spot. If anyone has any interest or questions regarding the position and its duties, please contact the Buxton Communications Center at 207-929-6612.

2022 CALLS FOR SERVICE

Fire/EMS 2143

Police 13984

The Buxton Police Department always strives to expand and improve to meet the needs of the residents and help to protect all those living or traveling through the town of Buxton. It is our duty to defend the lives and property of the very people we serve, to decrease the frequency and fear of crime, and strengthen public safety, while working with the community to improve all quality of life. We aim to do so with courage and honesty, while conducting with high moral standards.

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