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Norwood police report rising citations, arrests and digital-fraud responses
Summary
Police Chief Christopher Padden briefed the Selectmen on increased traffic enforcement, projected rises in arrests for the year, heavy training commitments and local efforts to respond to wire-transfer and cryptocurrency scams that often target seniors.
Chief Christopher Padden told the Board of Selectmen the department is seeing higher traffic-enforcement activity, more arrests projected for the year compared with last year and a heavier training cycle to meet state mandates and voluntary programs.
Padden reported the department’s citation total around the quarter mark as 2,156 and said that figure projects to roughly 8,600 citations by year-end if current trends continue. He said arrests to date are 157 and projected to rise; last year the department recorded 402 arrests.
“We have extra traffic enforcement and extra walking beats in the Uptown and…
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