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In May of this year, Sergeant Franklin “Gus” Knowles retired from the department with over 30 years
of service. Gus is an institution in the Hampton community and beloved by the members of the
Department. His daily contributions to the Department and his sense of humor will be missed. We are
however, pleased to report that Gus has chosen to remain with the department as a part time officer.
In August, Detective Barry Newcomb was promoted to Sergeant, and assigned to the Patrol Division.
Part-time officer Derek Brown, was hired Full Time to fill the remaining open officer position. Officer
Brown is a resident of Greenland and was first hired part-time by the department in 2004. In October,
Officer Laura Stoessel was assigned to the Detective Division replacing Sergeant Newcomb.
In November, Full Time Communications Specialist Lenny Nigro resigned his position to pursue
opportunities in the private sector.
Finally, 9 part-time special officers resigned their positions for various reasons, and two new officers
were hired in July to replace some of these openings.
We wish all of our former employees continued success in their future endeavors.
DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS:
The department remained very active serving our community
this past year. Officers responded to 22,980 calls for service in
the community this year. Over 4,426 vehicles were stopped as
a result of our traffic safety programs and 1,619 people were
arrested. Over 1,341 incident reports were filed and
investigated resulting in 3,303 separate offenses being
reported to the police of which, 261were felonies. The
Department investigated 474 accidents during the past year.
Officers issued 2,169 parking tickets resulting in $44,805 in
revenues collected.
During the summer and preseason, the New Hampshire State
Police continued to assist the Hampton Police Department by
assigning Troopers to create an added presence at the beach. In
addition, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department and
the Seacoast Emergency Response Team provided assistance
during the busy 4 th Hampton Mounted Patrol
of July holiday. I would like to pass on a
special note of thanks to the Department of Safety
Commissioner Richard Flynn, State Police Colonel Fredrick Booth and Rockingham County High
Sheriff Daniel Linehan for their continued support and cooperation.
CONCLUSION:
On behalf of the employees of the Hampton Police Department, I would like to extend our sincere
appreciation to the Town Manager, James Barrington. I would like to thank James for his support of
the Department over his term of service, and extend our best wishes to he and his family on their
return to their native Texas. I also want to thank Interim Town Manager Mark Gerreald and the Board
of Selectmen, all Town Committees, and Town Departments for their help, cooperation, and continued
support throughout the year.
Finally, I want to thank the families of our employees for the sacrifices they make every day due to the
nature of the job, and I commend all our employees for their professionalism, dedication, and hard
work towards providing the Town of Hampton with the best law enforcement services.
Respectfully submitted,
James B. Sullivan, Chief of Police
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