TOWN OF WENHAM
COMMUNITY POLICE SURVEY

WANTED:
The Wenham Police Department wants your help in finding out how we can better serve you in the future. Please take the time to fill out the Community Police Questionaire. Your views will be a great help in our efforts to provide quality police service to all citizens of Wenham. All replies are confidential and express your own personal observations. Please hit the submit button when you have completed this survey.

Thank you for caring about The Town of Wenham.

Sincerely,
Kenneth M. Walsh
Chief of Police
PART ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT:

It is generally felt that patrolling police officers can discourage the following type of crimes. Do you feel the police are performing satisfactorily in the following areas of law enforcement?


Auto Theft

Burglaries

Loud Parties

Youth Crime

Domestic Violence

Assaults

Robberies

Parking Violations

Drugs

Drinking

Child Abuse

Hate Crimes

Vandalism

Graffiti

Public Disturbance

Traffic




PART TWO POLICE PERFORMANCE:
Do you feelthe police are satisfactorily performing the following functions?


Vehicle Patrols

Emergency Response Times

E-911 Education

Public Service Announcements

Respectful Citizen Treatment

Fair Citizen Treatment

Solicits Community Input

Courteous Phone Responses

High Neighborhood Visibility




PART THREE: PERSONAL SAFETY

As a citizen, I feel:


Safe at home

Safe walking alone
in the neighborhood

Safe walking at night

Safe walking with others
in the neighborhood

Wenham is a safer community

Wenham crime has increased

Wenham crime has decreased

My neighborhood is safe

Crime made me change
my personal activities



PART FOUR YOUR THOUGHTS:

Please take a moment and let us know how the Police Department could improve its service to you the citizen:

(please check all of your choices)





PART FIVE, YOUR INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS:

The Wenham Police Department welcomes your input and suggestions. Please use the area below to write anything you feel is important that we may have left out.

In order to make this information most usefull, we need to know the following:

Age

Gender:

Years lived in Wenham:



Be more courteous
Concentrate on serious crime
Don't descriminate
Improve training
Hire more officers
More community involvement
More concern with minor crimes/vandalism
Start a citizen police academy
More traffic enforcement
Speeding
Reckless driving
Red light/crosswalk
Stop signs
Operating under the influence-liquor/drugs
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