First off, l apologize for missing a few of my reports. I will strive to keep them up to date for all of you. December is typically a busy month for the police department. Mostly, scheduling issues as our folks like to have the Christmas holiday off if possible. Though we’d like to give the holiday off to all our employees, this is just not possible for the police department as we always need officers on duty.

A rash of vehicle break ins and mail thefts took many hours for us to solve these incidents and find the suspects. With help from community members, we were able to identify suspects and make arrests.. This was a great example of our police department and community members working together. As you’ve heard me say this many times before, we cannot do this alone. We need the communities help to be successful.

The hiring process continues for us. We currently have one candidate in the background phase and are hoping he makes it through. The last three candidates have all failed one or more of the final phases of our process. It’s been frustrating for all involved but we must adhere to our high standards and continue to strive to get the best possible candidates for the open positions. To date, I have three more candidates that I have scheduled for chiefs interviews. When those are finished, I will advance at least one of those candidates to the background investigation phase of the process. I will keep all of you posted on our progress as it develops.

I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season and happy new year. That is all for now.