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Chief James Newell

On behalf of the dedicated men and women of the Massasoit Police Department it is my pleasure to welcome you to Massasoit Community College. The Massasoit Police Department is committed to providing a safe and secure learning environment in which our faculty and staff can prepare our students for academic success now and career challenges in the future.

The safety and well being of our students, faculty, staff and visitors is our paramount priority. We are committed to building collaborative partnerships for the betterment of our entire community. As members of the Massasoit Community we all share the responsibility of maintaining a safe and healthy environment.

The Massasoit Police Department is strongly committed to the basic concepts of community oriented policing (COP). However, because the term "community policing" has so many different meanings to so many different law enforcement agencies, we feel it is necessary to explain our version of the term. The Massasoit Community College Police Department believes it is essential to recognize that the community policing is not about the police doing more for the community, but rather, it is about the police accomplishing more with the community. And, although we recognize that positive community relations are an important element of any police department's efforts, we do not view community policing as being synonymous with public relations.

Therefore, our application of community policing is based on three basic concepts. Those are:
(1) Pro-Active professional enforcement of laws;
(2) Building strong partnerships with all elements of the community as well as with other departments
(3) Utilizing those partnerships so as to effectively solve problems

Please stop by and visit our stations. The Massasoit Police Department is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. There is always a police officer(s) on duty to respond to calls for service. The Brockton station is located in the lower level of the Student Center Building, across from the Bookstore, and our Canton station is located next to the Canton Police Academy Offices. We look forward to serving you.

Last Update: February 10, 2009

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