 February 2011 Newsletter | |
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The watch meeting was brief. There are still complaints of the speeding yellow trucks on route 5. These are the incidents from the Oxford County Sheriff's Office. JANUARY 2011 1 911 HANGUP CALL 3 AGENCY ASSISTS 1 FOUND PROPERTY 1 WELFARE CHECK 1 PD ACCIDENT 1 INFORMATION 1 PEACE OFFICER DETAIL FEBRUARY 2011 2 VEHICLE OFF ROAD 1 ALARM 1 SUSPICIOUS 1 REQUEST OFFICER 1 TRAFFIC OFFENSE 1 WELFARE CHECK 2 PEACE OFFICE DETAIL Most of the discussion centered around the spaghetti dinner we will put on March 26. If you would like to help please let me know. See poster for info. Remember we have a lot of winter left... check the elderly. Be safe, stay warm! Roxanne Craig 207-925-3295 craigs1980@fairpoint.net 
Next Lovell Neighborhood Watch MeetingNew Suncook School Cafeteria Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm The following is the list of meetings for 2011. Heads up from The Bridgton Police Department: A company called "Crime Review" is calling Maine residents soliciting money to benefit the Maine State Police. They're representing themselves as MSP Troopers and are asking for money donations. THIS IS A SCAM! Maine State Police - Troop B 12/20/2010 Between November 15th and November 28th Troop B participated in the national CLICK IT or TICKET campaign by conducting various high visibility traffic enforcement details throughout Androscoggin, Cumberland and Oxford Counties. Troopers were assigned to conduct 4 hour details on highways that had been identified as areas that had unusually high number of automobile crashes. These highways include Route 4 from Auburn to Livermore, Route 2 from Bethel to Rumford, Route 302 from Windham to Bridgton, Route 26 from South Paris to Bethel, and Route 100 in Gray and New Gloucester. 15 separate details were conducted. Most of the details involved dedicated patrols focusing on traffic enforcement work specifically looking for seatbelt usage. Troop B Commander, Lt. Walter Grzyb was pleased with the results. Troopers made 254 vehicle contacts. A contact is either a traffic stop or a contact made during a safety road check. Lt. Grzyb reports that an overwhelming majority of the drivers and passengers were wearing seatbelts. Out of the 254 contacts made, Troopers only issued 15 summonses for seatbelt violations. Lt. Grzyb says this shows that most people understand the importance of wearing a seatbelt to protect you from death or serious injury in the event you are involved in a crash. In addition to seatbelt violations, Lt. Grzyb reports that Troopers identified and arrested 2 motorists for operating under the influence. In all, Troopers issued 49 traffic summonses for various offences to include operating after suspension, criminal speed (30 MPH over the posted speed limit), inspection violations, unsafe passing violations as well as others. Not all enforcement action resulted in a ticket however. Lt. Grzyb says that Troopers issued 3 times as many warnings (151). The CLICK IT or TICKET campaign is now over but Troop B is now working details on the 2010 Impaired Driver crackdown. This is another national campaign to identify and arrest drivers for operating under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Lt. Grzyb says that Troop B will have troopers dedicated to conducting traffic enforcement details throughout Androscoggin, Cumberland and Oxford Counties focusing on impaired drivers. This campaign will go on through the holidays. Lt. Grzyb hopes that everyone will have a safe holiday season on the roads and reminds everyone to wear their seatbelt and not to drive after you have been drinking. (Read) | |