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CMA 2017 #246 · Agenda item attachment · Oct 2 2017
A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 17-69, regarding increasing police presence in and near Clement Morgan Park and increase the level of cleaning in the Park
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Louis A. DePasquale
City Manager
Dr. Branville G. Bard, Jr.
Police Commissioner
To: City Manager, Louis DePasquale
9/23/17
From: Police Commissioner, Branville G. Bard, Jr.
Subject: Council Order #17-69; Ref: Clement Morgan Park
In reference to Council Order, #17-69 pertaining to Clement Morgan Park the Cambridge Police
Department has taken the following actions to increase police presence:
In August 2017 CPD patrol was ordered to increase the presence of bicycle officers assigned
to the area.
In September of 2017, the department included Clement Morgan Park as part of its “High-
Visibility Patrol” (HVP) strategy. Using a Mobile-Command Post (MCP), high-visibility
patrol deploys a cadre of officers assigned to a combination of cruisers, bicycles and walking
foot-beats to saturate an area at unscheduled intervals for undetermined lengths of times.
o High-Visibility Patrol supplements police resources that are normally assigned to an
area.
Between 7/1/2017 and 9/21/2017 there have been two-hundred and twenty (220) calls for
service at Clement Morgan Park; one-hundred and eighty-eight (188) [or 85.45%] have been
“Directed Patrols” initiated by Cambridge Police.
Members of the Cambridge Police Department will continue efforts to improve neighborhood safety in
the area.
Respectfully,
Branville G. Bard, Jr.
Police Commissioner