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Police
Salaries
Chief
2,301.43
Regular Officers
5,079.35
79
32.00
Special Police Clerks All Other
5,822.17 4,191.40
12.00
Equipment Maintenance
Motor Equipment
549.00
Gasoline, Oil
697.14
Equipment for Men
51.93
Radio Equipment
31.93
Additional Equipment
60.99
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
8.03
All Other
30.00
Other Expenses
Printing, Stationery and Postage
40.18
Telephones
296.01
Office Supplies
158.81
Medical
13.00
Expenses-Prisoners
76.08
All Other
41.55
Police Radio Broadcasting
570.87
Police Car Purchase
898.15
Purchase Radio Equipment
2,192.19
Police Ambulance
Storage
60.00
Maintenance
51.35
23,233.56
Fire Department
Salaries
Engineers
200.00
Permanent Men
7,941.44
Call Men
4,081.05
Still Alarms
484.50
Equipment, Maintenance and Repairs
Apparatus
130.65
Hose
76.20
Equipment for Men
42.14
80
Rental of Space
1,724.00
Repairs and Supplies
327.20
Gasoline and Oil Fire Alarm Box All Other
181.13
15.00
4.95
Fuel, Light and Power
480.35
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
213.91
Furnishings
132.72
Laundry
44.17
All Other
45.00
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing, Postage
17.24
Telephone
110.40
Office Supplies
15.56
All Other
12.73
16,280.34
Fire Alarm
Salaries
Superintendent
500.00
Assistants
248.00
Other Expenses
Equipment
256.24
Insurance
8.63
1,012.87
Hydrants
Rental and Service
8,910.00
Town Forests
Surveying
35.00
Trucking
16.50
Planting
141.00
Records
1.60
194.10
81
Planting and Trimming Trees
Salaries
Superintendent
Laborers
200.00 2,303.50
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing, Postage
6.00
Hardware and Tools
35.83
Trees
156.00
Insurance
58.70
Equipment and Repairs
102.88
Arsenate
286.24
Water
18.69
All Other 20.83
3,188.67
Insect Pest Extermination
Labor
300.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaries
Sealer
630.00
Deputy
6.15
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
3.80
Printing and Advertising
4,00
Travel
185.12
Equipment
27.52
All Other
20.63
877.22
Inspection of Buildings
Salaries
Inspector
250.00
Clerk
150.00
Other Expenses
Plumbing Inspections
375.00
Supplies
6.25
781.25
.....
82
Bicycle Registration
Office Supplies
6.25
Civilian Defense
Salaries
Chairman
1,285.00
Clerk
612.00
Janitor
255.00
Other Expenses
Telephones
750.34
Office Supplies
27.05
Printing and Postage
53.06
Fire Department
191.65
Rescue and Demolition
90.51
Truck
950.00
Sirens
1,185.40
General Equipment
31.85
All Other
172.15
5,604.01
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
General Administration
Board Members
720.00
Printing and Advertising
32.31
Telephone
85.10
Carding and All Other
233.41
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Medical Attendance
2.00
Hospitals
. ......... 71.43
Tuberculosis
Board and Treatment
758.55
County Hospital Maintenance
10,514.96
Vital Statistics .25
83
Other Expenses
Sanitary Inspector Burying Animals All Other
12.52
65.50
.65
Inspection
Health Nursing Service
1,000.00
Dental Clinic
477.90
Diphtheria Immunization
69.44
Animal Inspection
251.35
Meat and Provisions
37.50
14,332.87
Sewer Maintenance
Administration
Sewer Commissioners
450.00
Clerk
156.00
Office Supplies
1.10
General
Labor
4,567.55
Repairs and Equipment
883.18
Tools, Supplies
24.74
Pipe, Lumber, Cement
226.93
Gas and Oil
130.86
Heat and Lights
54.30
Power
1,243.00
Water
158.21
Insurance
159.69
Telephone
43.32
Engineering
7.50
Rent of Land
100.00
Incidentals
21.48
Sewer Connections
220.25
8,448.11
Shellfish Inspection
Salary
Inspector 1,250.00
84
Other Expenses Printing Propagation
75.25
197.00
1,522.25
Mosquito Control
Maintenance 1,200.00
Refuse and Garbage
Refuse
Labor
5,557.21
Trucks
181.24
Equipment
223.08
Insurance
34.50
Garbage
Labor
83.25
Contract for Disposal
2,916.75
8,996.03
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES Highway Department
General Administration
Superintendent
1,500.00
Clerk
1,237.05
Office Expenses
11.41
General
Labor
11,379.85
Trucks
1,121.33
Broken Stone, Gravel
1,731.11
Equipment and Repairs
521.53
Gasoline and Oil
830.08
Tarvia and Road Oil
1,264.15
Light
25.05
Telephone
36.50
Insurance
886.60
Fuel
289.40
Travel Expense
327.50
85
Engineering All Other
122.70
187.60
Special Building
312.33
21,784.19
Lighting
Maintenance Street Lights 10,409.04
Chapter 90
Maintenance
Labor
1,036.07
Material
1,054.04
2,090.11
Coggeshall Street Bridge
Maintenance for 1942
31.70
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare Department
Administration
Clerks
1,108.56
Printing, Stationery, Postage
52.77
Office Expense
17.96
Transportation
93.45
Labor and Trucking
329.51
All Other
37.05
Outside Relief by Town
Groceries and Provisions
2,070.84
Fuel
528.99
Board and Care
584.98
Medicine and Medical
624.75
State Institutions
455.55
Cash
8,251.80
Hospital Care
1,331.02
Rent
897.50
Clothing
229.22
86
Burials All Other
525.00
59.63
Other Cities and Towns
...... 702.15
17,900.73
Infirmary
Salaries
Superintendent
784.29
Matron and Assistant
941.14
Other Expenses
Groceries and Provisions
1,259.81
Dry Goods and Clothing
136.21
Building
349.69
Fuel and Light
755.94
Insurance
18.00
Medical
112.99
Expense of Farm
529.78
Purchase of Livestock
54.00
All Other
80.15
5,022.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Supervisor
31.15
Social Worker
395.04
Clerk
34.80
Telephone and All Other
12.64
Cash Grants
13,574.60
Medical and All Other
280.10
14,328.33
Old Age Assistance
Administration
Supervisor
824.36
Social Workers
1,141.68
Clerk
744.74
Printing
23.16
Postage
272.28
Office Supplies
56.40
Telephone
27.85
Transportation and All Other
66.27
37
Cash Grants Other Cities and Towns
101,625.90 1,914.63
106,697.27
Stoddard Fund
Cash Grants
685.00
Expenses
17.50
702.50
Ricketts Fund
Care of Lot 4.50
Spriit Estate
Property Expense
195.86
Infirmary
97.06
292.94
Soldiers' Benefits
General Administration
Clerks
369.63
All Other
66.95
State Aid
360.00
Military Aid
200.00
War Allowance
605.73
Soldiers' Relief
Cash Grants
2,030.50
Fuel
35.86
Groceries and Provisions
16.00
Rent
15.45
Medical Hospital Care
1,120.31
All Other
66.43
4,886.86
SCHOOLS Elementary and High School
Superintendent
3,861.61
Clerk in Superintendent's Office 1,280.72
88
Truant Officer
175.50
Printing, Stationery, Postage
58.48
Telephones
661.05
Traveling Expenses
84.72
School Census
108.00
Office Supplies
60.43
Teachers' Salaries
Elementary
71,921.63
High
42,709.19
Evening
381.00
Text and Reference Books
Elementary
1,820.19
High
987.42
Supplies
Elementary
2,211.16
High
1,686.29
Tuition
Elementary
310.85
High
57.00
Vocational
2,500.00
Transportation
Elementary
4,028.49
High
1,275.08
Janitors' Services
Elementary
8,751.55
High
7,708.82
Fuel and Light
Elementary
4,901.58
High
3,047.87
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Elementary
1,863.14
High
1,706.19
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
Elementary
28.98
High
39.60
89
Printing Elementary
35.00
Insurance
Elementary
607.33
High
606.20
All Other
Elementary
71.31
High
68.65
Health
Elementary
1,599.81
High
340.98
Petty Cash
Elementary
5.00
High
10.00
167,570.82
Special School Repairs
Rogers Portable
214.42
East Fairhaven
29.75
Oxford
103.78
High
70.82
General
127.40
546.17
RECREATION
Park Department
Labor
2,621.96
Equipment
266.52
Trees
11.00
Insurance
44.66
Lime and Screenings
46.16
All Other
9.47
2,999.77
90
UNCLASSIFIED
Damage to Personal Property
Police
247.64
Small Claims 119.63
367.27
Memorial Day
Band
73.30
Flowers
127.70
Flags
19.00
Care of Lot
30.00
250.00
Blanket Insurance for Buildings
Premium
5,107.08
Rent for Military Organizations
American Legion
180.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
530.00
Dog Licenses
Payments to County
1,871.80
War Rationing Board
Clerks and Janitor
3,107.07
Fuel and Light
259.93
Rent
240.00
Stationery and Postage
9.48
Printing
39.49
Telephone
111.23
Office Supplies
115.18
Maintenance and Operation
296.12
All Other
1.70
4,180.20
91
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water Department
Salaries
Foreman
89.39
Other Expenses
Engineer
9.15
Material
10.27
Labor
138.05
Purchase of Water
283.27
All Other
4.2
534.34
Union Wharf
Salary of Wharfinger
300.00
Labor
62.92
Supplies
16.28
Light
9.08
Water
11.25
399.53
Works Projects Administration
Salary
Agent
144.55
Repairs
21.50
166.05
Sale of Real Estate Fund
Building for Sewer Department
3,000.00
Sconticut Neck Water Project
Labor
743.55
Materials
211.46
Drilling and Blasting
706.25
Engineer
527.06
All Other
1.50
2,189.82
92
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
163.19
All Other
.65
General Loans 5,438.92
5,602.76
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
150,000.00
General Loans
33,100.00
183,100.00
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved
18,891,09
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Agency
Taxes
State
11,536.77
County
18,816.75
30,353.52
Contributory Retirement System
Payments to System 8,306.57
Refunds
Taxes
1,578.04
Motor Vehicle Excise
180.50
Victory and Withholding Taxes
9,866.14
Sewer Connection Deposits
362.88
Estimated Receipts
29.57
93
Miscellaneous Tailings Departmental
.46 20.86 12,038.45
CASH ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1943
$760,725.79 75,728.51
$836,454.30
94
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1943
Accounts
From 1942
Carried Forward
Balances
Appropriations
Credits
and Grants
Trust Funds
Income
Payments
Other Accounts
Tranfers to
Revenue
Balances to
Balances
Overdraft
Salaries of Selectmen
1,500.00
1,500.00
Selectmen's Office Expense
2,500
4.10
2,378.40
125.70
Treasurer's Salary
2,200.00
2,078.64
121.36
Treasurer's Office Expense
3,400.11
3,345.03
55.08
Tax Collector's Salary
2,200.00
2,200.00
Tax Collector's Office Expense
2,575.00
2,506.14
68.86
Tax Title Expense
3,500.00
45.00
2,940.65
604.35
Assessors' Salaries
4,200.00
4,200.00
Assessors' Office Expense
2,100.00
2,098.71
1.29
Salary of Moderator
25.00
20.00
5.00
Salary of Auditors
300.00
300.00
Election and Registration
3,291.00
3,268.39
22.61
Town Meeting Expense
800.00
650.14
149.86
Legal Expense
500.00
39.45
484.70
54.75
Planning Board
125.00
59.50
65.50
Safety Council
67.00
31.00
36.00
Board of Appeals
75.00
5.00
70.00
Town Hall
6,000.00
5,616.55
383.45
Police Department
19,000.00
471.95
19,459.19
12.76
Police Radio Maintenance
500.00
70.87
570.87
Carried Forward
95
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1943 (Continued)
Accounts
From 1942
Balances
Appropriations
Credits
and Grants
Trust Funds
Income
Payments
Other Accounts
Tranfers to
Revenue
Balances to
Carried Forward
Balances
Overdraft
Purchase of Police Automobile
900.00
898.15
1.85
Police Ambulance
200.00
113.16
86.84
Purchase Police Radio System
2,193.75
2,192.19
1.56
Fire Department
16,500.00
16,280.34
219.66
Fire Alarm
600.00
512.87
87.13
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
500.00
500.00
Forest Fires
100.00
100.00
Hydrant Rental
8,910.00
8,910.00
Care of Trees
3,000.00
2,988.67
11.33
Salary of Tree Warden
200.00
200.00
Insect Pest Extermination
300.00
300.0
Sealer of Weights and Measures
900.00
877.22
22.78
Building Inspection
500.00
531.25
31.25
Building Inspector's Salary
250.00
250.00
Damage by Hurricane
380.19
380.19
Civilian Defense
13,582.66
5,604.01
7,978.65
Insurance on Town Buildings
5,107.09
5,107.08
.01
Forestry
200.00
194.10
5.90
Repairs to Police Car
247.64
247.64
Board of Health
4000.00
1,550.57
2,449.43
Carried Forward
96
Salaries of Board of Health
720.00
720.00
Dental Clinic
500.00
477.90
22.10
Diphtheria Immunization
75.00
69.44
5.56
Health Nursing Service
1,000.00
1,000.00
B. C. Tuberculosis Hospital
10,514.96
10,514.96
Shellfish Inspection
1,250.00
75.25
1,325.25
Propogation of Shellfish
157.70
2,500.00
197.00
2,460.70
Sewer Maintenance
7,500.00
121.05
7,620.76
.29
Sewer Office Expense
170.00
157.10
12.90
Salary of Sewer Commissioners
450.00
450.00
Huttleston Avenue Sewer
5,200.00
5,200.00
Collection of Rubbish
5,500.00
500.00
5,996.03
3.97
Collection of Garbage
3,000.00
3,000.00
Mosquito Control Maintenance.
1,200.00
1,200.00
Highway Department
20,000.00
19,971.86
28.14
Salary, Superintendent of Highways
1,500.00
1,500.00
Street Lights
10,409.04
10,409.04
Chapter 90 Maintenance
700.00
1,393.40
2,090.11
3.29
Highway Building
318.95
312.33
6.62
Coggeshall Street Bridge
31.70
31.70
Public Welfare
12,500.00
2,921.00
15,419.78
1.22
Public Welfare Administration
2,500.00
2,480.95
19.05
Infirmary
5,000.00
24.10
5,022.00
2.10
Aid to Dependent Children
9,500.00
9,494.97
5.03
Aid to Dependent Children, Grant
2,345.41
68.60
3,788.65
4,359.73
1,842.93
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm.
400.00
361.54
38.46
Aid to Depnd. Children Adm. Grant.
9.04
297.57
112.09
194.52
Old Age Assistance
57,000.00
113.25
56,776.40
336.85
Old Age Assistance, Grant.
142.30
47,383.26
46,764.13
761.43
Old Age Assistance Adm.
800.00
400.00
1,169.63
30.31
Old Age Assistance Adm. Grant
628.49
1,579.38
1,987.05
220.82
97
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1943 (Continued)
Accounts
From 1942
Balances
Appropriations
Credits
and Grants
Trust Funds
Income
Payments
Other Accounts
Tranfers to
Revenue
Balances to
Carried Forward
Balances
Overdraft
Old Age Assistance 1942
7,156.03
7,156.03
State Aid
500.00
360.00
140.00
Military Aid
400.00
200.00
200.00
War Allowance
1,000.00
70.00
605.73
464.27
Soldiers Relief
5,000.00
29.65
3,721.13
1,308.52
Stoddard Fund
393.35
846.56 28.60
4.50
24.10
Elementary and High Schools
147,000.00
20,473.12
165,070.82
2,402.30
Vocational School
2,500.00
2,500.00
School Repairs
654.88
546.17
108.71
Park
3,000.00
20.00
3,019.77
.23
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
American Legion Quarters
350.00
180.00
170.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
350.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
4,979.91
20.09
Small Claims
239.68
119.63
120.05
Publicity
27.05
27.05
Bicycle Registration
5.32
50.00
6.25
49.07
War Rationing Board
710.48
4,246.71
130.76
4,180.20
907.75
Water Department Expense
50.71
500.00
534.34
16.37
702.50
537.41
Ricketts Fund
Carried Forward
98
Union Whaif
100.00
10.90
110.43
.47
Salary of Wharfinger
300.00
300.00
Emergency Relief
4,779.00
166.05
4,612.95
Sconticut Neck Water Project 1,834.28
357.20
2,189.82
1.66
Debt
31,700.00
1,400.00
33,100.00
Accrued Interest
5,423.31
5,351.74
71.57
Interest on Revenue Loans
1,000.00
251.02
748.98
Contributory Retirement System
8,306.57
8,306.57
33,510.94
475,878.52
7,263.07 75,790.54
556,224.58
24.10
9,630.69
26,594.95
31.25
99
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1943 - GENERAL ACCOUNTS
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
$
285.78
General
.$ 75,728.51 15.00
Petty-School Department
Trust Fund Income
Julia A. Stoddard Fund $ 537.41
Accounts Receivable-Taxes
Levy of 1942
8,104.70
Levy of 1943
36,759.71
44,864.41
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes Levy of 1943
218.39
Vessel Excise Taxes
Loan Authorized and Unissued
34,000.00
Levy of 1942
120.67
Levy of 1943
15.01
Tax Title Receipts Reserved Section 79, Chap. 60, General Laws
1,259.41
Tax Titles
47,004.21
Sale of Real Estate Fund
10,850.00
Tax Possessions
21,725.88
68,730.09
Taxes of 1941
13.46
Departmental
Health
239.94
Unexpended Balances
Tax Title Expense
604.35
Sidewalk
26.70
Police Automobile .
1.85
Public Welfare
70.55
Police Ambulance 86.84
Police Radio System 1.56
State Aid
140.00
Damage by Hurricane 380.19
Civilian Defense 7,978.65
Insurance on Town Buildings
01
War Allowance
535.73
3,066.52
Forestry
5.90
Andrus Spriit Fund 1,181.92
Lady Fairhaven Fund 629.59
2,348.92
Principal-Julia A. Stoddard Fund
1,051.57
100
Highway
156.36
Old Age Assistance
1,663.34
Military Aid
100.00
135.68
Tailings
Cash
-$ 75,743.51
101
State and County Aid to Highways
Propagation of Shellfish 2,460.70
Huttleston Avenue Sewer 5,200.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance 3.29
Highway Building 6.62
War Allowance 464.27
School Repairs 108.71
Small Claims 120.05
Publicity 27.05
Bicycle Registration
49.07
War Rationing Board
907.75
Building Inspection
31.25
War Memorial 6,876.88
Proceeds of Dog Licenses 1.80
Works Projects Administration 4,612.95
Sconticut Neck Water Project 1.66
29,900.15
Federal Grants Aid to Dependent Children
Aid
1,842.93
County Tax Deficit
2,128.34
Administration 194.52
2,037.45
Old Age Assistance
Aid
761.43
Administration
220.82
Levy of 1923 114.57
Levy of 1924 235.77
Levy of 1925 389.79
Overlays, Reserved for Abatement of Taxes
Levy of 1942
4,745.68
Levy of 1943
5,755.59
Levy of 1928
146.50
10,501.27
Sewer Connections 12.05
Water Department
Water Rates
59.71
Water Service
121.57
Overlay Deficits
Levy of 1921
54.50
Levy of 1922
18.85
Levy of 1926
166.49
Levy of 1927
105.90
County
21.77
55.35
Loan Authorized-Water System 34,000.00
Sewer Connection Deposits
22.95
Overdrawn Accounts
181.28
982.25
State 33.58
Levy of 1929
145.70
Levy of 1930
136.30
Levy of 1931
164.69
Levy of 1932
81.25
Levy of 1933
42.42
Levy of 1934
9.28
Levy of 1935
11.20
Levy of 1936
23.80
Levy of 1937
16.20
Levy of 1938
15.98
Levy of 1939
19.13
Levy of 1940
13.11
1,911.43
Reserve
2,378.21
2,575.86
Surplus Revenue
58,038.88
$231,101.25
$231,101.25
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $170,540.30
State Tax Funding Loan $ 3,200.00
Emergency Finance Loan 20,340.30
Emergency Storm Damage Loan 20,000.00 Bridge Loan 5,000.00
Addition to High School Loan 60,000.00
Water Loan 62,000.00
Overlay Reserve 5,105.57
Revenue, Reserved· Until Collected
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
218.39
Vessel Excise Tax
135.68
Tax Title
68,730.09
Departmental 3,066.52
72,150.68
Water
Administration and
Operation
16.37
Revenue
181.28
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$170,540.30
$170,540.30
Trust Accounts
Trust and Retirement Funds In Custody of Treasurer
$183,079.04
James Ricketts Charity Fund $ 1,430.66
Julia A. Stoddard Charity Fund 21,460.38
In Custody of Trustees
504,766.87
Hannah Chadwick Fund 500.00
Andrus Spriit Fund 6,300.00
Henry H. Rogers Elementary School Fund 112,475.42
Abner Pease School Fund
7,558.12
Edmund Anthony Jr., School Fund
10,000.00
Contributory Retirement System
23,354.46
$183,079.04
Henry H. Rogers High School Fund
504,766.87
$687,845.91
$687,845.91
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Report of Police Department
December 31, 1943.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Below and on following pages you will find the report of the Fairhaven police department for the year ending December 31, 1943.
APPROPRIATION INADEQUATE
At the annual town meeting I promised to do the best I could with the appropriation made for the police department. However, experience proved that the 1943 appropriation was much too small, and the department was unable to serve the community in the man- ner expected by the people.
Lack of funds caused conditions to become acute, and on November 10 it was necessary to cut the department to a one-man- to-a-car basis on the first and second shifts, and to keep the cruiser car at the station from three to eight in the morning to save fuel and rubber, as well as labor costs. From November 10 until the end of the year it was necessary for me to work on ambulance cases and to assist in investigations requiring two men days and many times at night. Also, I serviced all calls received at headquarters from three to eight in the morning that required investigating.
From November 10 until the end of the year auxiliary police officers were assigned almost nightly to seven to eleven o'clock duty in the cruiser car. Their help is greatly appreciated by me, as is their work at the Fort Phoenix observation post during the summer months and on other assignments.
Rationing and Executive Order 35 (which holds the speed of motor vehicles down to 35 miles per hour days and 30 miles per hour nights) continued to hold down traffic and speed in 1943, but because funds were not available to use in patrolling our highways accidents increased. There were eleven more accidents in 1943 than in 1942.
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INADEQUATE PERSONNEL
In last year's report I wrote: "The fact that our roster of reg- ular men is not complete means that spare officers must constantly be assigned. Making these assignments takes a great deal of time that could better be used otherwise. Efficiency is impaired by having first one man and then another working on one job."
The department is now in need of two additional regular full- time men and two additional regular half-time men.
PAY SCALE TOO LOW
The men of the department as well as myself, in my opinion, are underpaid, and it is a wonder we have ANY men working for the amounts they receive. Regular and spare officers have re- quested higher pay, and I recommend that they be paid more money for their services and that my pay be advanced.
NEW DUTIES
Since the observation post at Fort Phoenix was closed the First Fighter Command has given this department the responsibility, whenever occasion may require, of alerting the personnel which formerly manned the post.
For nearly a year the police department has taken over the duties of the report center from midnight until eight o'clock in the morning daily, and since December 5, 1943, this department has taken over full-time servicing of report center activities.
AMBULANCE CASES
Our ambulance business is increasing. £ The chief cause seems to be changed hospital conditions. The hospitals, short of beds, no longer allow maternity patients to remain the full fourteen days. This means that those patients needs ambulance service, where as formerly they could return home in taxis or private cars.
BICYCLE REGISTRATION
The bicycle registration department continues not only to be self-supporting but to bring money into the town treasury. These features of the system, of course, are in addition to its protective value.
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APPRECIATION
I want to record my sincere appreciation to those who have co-cperated with the department during the year. Chairman Victor O. B. Slater and Mr. Raymond T. Babbitt of the Fairhaven Commit- tee on Street and Highway Safety and the schools of Fairhaven have again done excellent work in promoting safety in Fairhaven, and to them I give my thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
NORMAN D. SHURTLEFF,
Chief of Police.
OFFENSES
Males
Females Total
Allowing Person to Operate Who Had No Legal Right to Do So
1
0
1
Assault and Battery
14
3
17
Being a Delinquent Child
24
2
26
Being a Neglected Child
2
2
4
Being an Unlicensed Operator
3
0
3
Being Present at Gaming
16
0
16
Breaking and Entering and Larceny in the Nighttime
1
0
1
Carrying a Revolver
1
0
1
Cruelty to Animal
1
0
1
Desertion and Neglect of Family
1
0
1
Disturbing the Peace
1
0
1
Drunkenness
31
2
33
Executive Order #35 Violations
3
0
3
Executive Order #55 Violations
1
0
1
False Alarm of Fire
1
0
1
Indecent Exposure
1
0
1
Labor Law Violations
1
0
1
Larceny
10
1
11
Leaving the Scene of an Accident After Injury to Property
5
0
5
Liquor Laws Violations
1
0
2
Maintaining a Gaming Nuisance
1
0
1
106
Males
Females Total
Neglect of Family
3
1
4
Operating a Motor Vehicle so as to Endanger
5
0
5
Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor
12
0
12
Operating a Motor Vehicle with Defective Brakes
1
0
1
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Hav- ing Operator's License in Possession
1
0
1
Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle
2
1
3
Operating an Unregistered Motor Vehicle Permitting Uninsured Automobile to Be Operated on Way
2
1
3
1
0
1
Permitting Unregistered Automobile to Be Operated on Way
1
0
1
Speeding
1
0
1
Threatening Bodily Harm
0
2
2
Trespass of Swine
2
0
2
Unnatural Act
2
0
2
Wilful Injury to Real Property
1
0
1
TOTAL LOCAL OFFENSES
154
15
170
TOTAL OUT-OF-TOWN OFFENSES
14
24
38
TOTAL OFFENSES
168
39
208
DISPOSITIONS OF CASES
Filed
46
3
49
Probation
18
2
20
Dismissed
14
0
14
House of Correction Suspended
13
0
13
Appealed
3
2
5
Defaulted
1
1
2
Lyman School
3
0
3
Lyman School -- Suspended
1
0
1
Shirley School
1
0
1
Continued
14
4
18
Fined
15
0
16
Not Guilty
9
2
11
Released Without Arraignment
12
1
13
107
Males
Females Total
Fined-Suspended
4
0
4
TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
154
15
170
ARRESTS BY MONTHS
January
6
0
6
February
5
2
7
March
7
0
7
April
11
0
11
May
7
0
7
June
23
1
24
July
4
1
5
August
12
3
15
September
.12
2
14
October
7
1
8
November
7
4
11
December
7
0
8
Total Arrests for Local Offenses
108
14
123
Total Arrests for Out-of-Town Police
13
4
17
TOTAL ARRESTS
121
18
140
ARRESTS BY AGES
0-5 years
1
0
1
6-10 years
1
1
2
11-15 years
11
1
12
16-20 years
15
3
18
21-25 years
5
2
7
26-30 years
10
3
13
31-35 years
17
0
17
36-40 years
11
3
14
41-45 years
9
0
9
46-50 years
12
0
12
51-55 years
6
0
6
56-60 years
3
1
4
61-65 years
3
0
3
66-70 years
4
0
4
Artificial persons
-
-
1
Total Arrests for Local Offenses
108
14
123
108
Males
Females Total
Total Arrests for Out-of-Town Offenses. 13 4 17
TOTAL ARRESTS 121
18 140
Fines imposed in Fairhaven cases
$785.00
Court fines received by the town
$220.00
Telephone calls, etc., January 1-December 31, 1943
25,702
Complaints January 1-December 31, 1943
2,209
Reports January 1-December 31, 1943
2,689
Resident arrests
71
Non-resident arrests
52
Stolen property reported to the value of
$1,996.81
Stolen property recovered
$1,205.39
Number of persons injured in automobile accidents
61
Number of persons killed in automobile accidents
1
Number of Motor Vehicle Injury Accident reports filed with the police department in 1943
41
Number of dead bodies found
11
Number of doors found unlocked or open
52
Number of windows found unlocked or open
6
Number of street lights reported out
341
Number of occasions when all street lights were reported out 5
Number of ambulance cases
133
Number of Motor Vehicle Sales and Transfers filed with the police department: Class 1 71
2 118
11 Individual 3 445
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