Newfields Police Department 

A Level I New Hampshire Accredited Agency

Welcome to the Newfields Police Department website.  Our goal as a department is to prevent crime, preserve order, and to protect the rights, lives and property of all people.  The purpose of this website is to provide easily accessible information to the members of our community and beyond.  We welcome your interest and encourage you to visit as new information is added on a regular basis.  Our website will hopefully serve as a tool for a variety of information about how our department works, its outstanding personnel, and a number of our ongoing community oriented programs.  Hopefully you find this information helpful in getting to know us better.  As always, we invite your comments, and look forward to working with you for all our community needs.

Newfields Police Department is a full-time New Hampshire Level I Accredited Agency consisting of 4 full-time police officers.  We serve a community of approximately 1,551 residents and cover an area of approximately 6.6 square miles.  Located along the west bank of the Squamscott River, Newfields is bordered by Newmarket to the north, Exeter to the south, Stratham to the east (separated by the Squamscott), and Epping to the west. Newfields is accessible principally via Route 85, which runs northeast between Routes 101 and 108, and via route 87 which runs east from Route 125. The town is 31 miles from Manchester, 12 miles from Portsmouth, and 11 miles from Hampton.  The village of Newfields includes a historic country store, a town hall, a public library, two churches and a post office, all within close proximity along Main Street. The elementary school and fire department are nearby on Piscassic Road, on the east side of the village. There are several historic cemeteries, a war memorial, a public boat launch, and a number of hiking/biking trails.

Annual Report 2010 

ANNUAL REPORT 2010

This year we continued to actively look and apply for Federal grants to bring money back to your Town for enforcement.  We were very fortunate this year and were able to secure a large grant to monitor, educate and apprehend those who sell alcohol to minors.  We regionalized our efforts by combining forces with Newmarket and Epping Police Departments to decrease the sale of alcohol in all three communities.  We have found working together we had a greater impact on the sale of alcohol to minors in the tri-town area.

The department logged in an immeasurable amount of hours in community service through a variety of events.  Those programs include D.A.R.E. Program, food baskets for the needy, and toys/clothing for children over the holidays.  We also had our 5th annual roadside trash clean up on many of the streets in town in an attempt to maintain its beauty.  I would like to thank the Community Church, the Christian Faith Church and the many private citizens for their role in the annual food basket and Christmas toy/clothes drive.  I would especially like to thank Lt. Anne Gould, Administrative Assistant Maureen Smith, Officer Lisa Soiett and Clara Camuso-Reed for cooking the hot meals, which were delivered during the holidays.  I truly appreciate all those who helped.  Your thoughtfulness and hard work is noticed by many.

The department continues to offer the Helpful Hands Program for any resident who feels they could utilize extra assistance during a declared emergency event.  Currently we have over twenty residents who participate in the program.  If you are interested in the program you can find more information on the department website.

This year a Police Building Committee was formed to start looking into building a new, state of the art facility which would fit the needs of the residents and police staff.  The Committee was represented by a large cross section of residents and I appreciate all of their hard work.  I look forward to working with all of you again during 2011.

I have again included an analysis of the types of crimes, reports and arrests we deal with on a yearly basis.  This year that analysis will only be found on our website in an attempt to going green.  If you have any questions or concerns about the analysis please feel free to stop by or call.

Many thanks go to the employees of the police department for all of their hard work and dedication to the department and to the Town.  Without your commitment and loyalty we would not have accomplished so much.

 Art Reed

Chief of Police

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