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The Maplewood
Police Department is committed to protecting and serving the
community in a variety of ways and through a variety of
methods. To this end, the department has established several
Specialized Units charged with specific tasks and
functions.
CRIME PREVENTION
UNIT
973/ 762-3400 Extension
7916
The Maplewood
Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit is headed
by Sgt. Dean L.
Naddeo and staffed by a cross-section of eager and dedicated
officers from a variety of backgrounds. The members of the CPU are
determined to deter crime by educating the public on the most
effective crime prevention methods. The CPU actively provides the
following services to the community:
FREE Home and
Business Security Surveys
Distribution
of Security Reminders
Vehicle Theft
Prevention
Neighborhood
Watch Program
National
Night Out Against Crime Events
Community
Group Crime Prevention Presentations and
Seminars
Crime
Prevention News Releases
Child
Identification Events
Proactive
Crime Prevention Initiatives
CPU sign hangs
above the Prospect Deli on Springfield Ave,
May 1981
CPU Van
providing assistance to the Maplewood community, May
1981
TRAFFIC UNIT
973/762-3400 Extension 7906
The Maplewood
Police Department's Traffic Unit is commanded by Lt. Michael Mault.
The primary purpose of the Traffic Unit is to aggressively enforce
New Jersey motor vehicle laws, with an emphasis on speeding and
other moving violations. The Traffic Unit is also dedicated to the
enforcement of D.W.I. statutes, and actively participates in the
"You Drink and Drive. You Lose." national campaign targeting
impaired driving. In addition, the Traffic Unit investigates traffic
accidents and conducts traffic studies to determine appropriate
police response. For more information, please contact Lt. Mault at
Ext. 535. For information regarding selected New Jersey Title 39
Motor Vehicle laws, please visit the link below:
COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT
973/762-3400
The
Community Policing Unit is proudly headed
by Sgt.
Michael Morrison. Community policing is a concept promoting the
idea that police officers and dedicated people can
work together to make their communities better and safer places
in which to live, work, and raise
children.
Sgt.
Morrison is also the Program Director for the South Orange and
Maplewood Mentors, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides a
vital link between the police department, school officials, parents
and youth. For more information, please contact Sgt. Morrison
at Ext. 433.
SOMMP
D.A.R.E. PROGRAM
Maplewood Police Department
is an active participant in the national Drug Awareness Resistance
Education Program. D.A.R.E. teaches kids how to recognize and resist
the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment
with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs. And since between
70% and 90% of all crime is drug related, it is absolutely vital
that we reach the children of America before it is too
late.
The D.A.R.E. program is usually introduced to children
in the 5th or 6th grade. A specially trained officer comes into your
school and teaches the children. D.A.R.E. has launched a new
elementary and a new middle school curriculum this year.
Please visit the official
D.A.R.E. website by clicking on the icon below.
D.A.R.E.
G.R.E.A.T. PROGRAM
The G.R.E.A.T. Program is a
school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom
curriculum. The program's primary objective is prevention and is
intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and
gang membership.
G.R.E.A.T. lessons focus on
providing life skills to students to help them avoid delinquent
behavior and violence to solve problems.
Please click on the icon
below to visit the official site of the G.R.E.A.T.
Program.
G.R.E.A.T.
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