October Police, Fire Activity Reported

The Public Safety Commission, meeting Monday, agreed unanimously that Mayor Ron McDaniel should extend an offer to Almont Associates to perform the public safety study.

At $48,600, Almont’s bid was not the lowest – that was the $39,700 bid from a firm called Matrix – but Commissioner Tom McNally said Almont has professionals with hands-on experience in emergency services.

A total of $50,000 has been budgeted for the public safety study.

Fire Marshal’s Report

Fire Marshal Ray Occhialini reports that in October, fire departments in town responded to 263 calls. One was for a building fire, one for a chimney fire, one a brush fire.

There were 171 EMS calls, excluding vehicle accident with injury, and eight vehicle accidents with injuries.

The snowstorm brought 10 calls for electrical wiring and equipment problems.

The October logs are in the pdf in the photo box; Occhialini's report is in the photo box, too, as a jpg.

Montville Police Report

Lt. Leonard Bunnell reported calls for Montville for October.

Motor-vehicle-collision calls

• 15 calls for general motor vehicle collisions
• 10 car-deer collision
• 6 collisions with injury
• 4 collisions attributed to DUI

Criminal activity

• 5 burglary calls
• 13 trespassing calls
• 7 vandalism calls
• 16 larceny calls
• 3 incidents of fraud or identity theft
• 30 calls involving breach of peace
• 41 disorderly conduct calls
• 15 animal complaints
• 14 emergency committals

Motor vehicle-related calls

• 14 for disabled vehicles
• 15 for road hazards
• 87 selective enforcement incidents

Overall, the Montville Police had 6,712 calls for service in October and made 539 arrests in October.

Click here to go to the town’s website, where you can see the September logs, and, soon, the October logs.

Animal Control Office Report

In October:

• 20 animals impounded
• 7 sold as pets
• 1 euthanized
• 71 complaints investigated
• 2 animal bites investigated
• 1 infraction/summons

So far in the 2011 fiscal year, 68 animals have been impounded