Town of Canton, Connecticut
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We Hope The Information Posted May Be Helpful To The Citizens Of Canton

During the month of February, the Canton police department hired two new police officers, Mark Selander and Matthew Keepin.  Officer Selander served with the Hartford department for twenty years and retired as a Detective before joining the Canton police department.  Officer Selander has specialized training in Advanced Counterfeit Identification and Identity Theft Investigation.  Mark has an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT and lives in Granby, Connecticut.  He is currently assigned to the patrol division and is working with the department’s field training officers.  Officer Matthew Keepin graduated from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice.  Officer Keepin has prior work experience as a Youth Counselor while working at the Connecticut Junior Republic School in Litchfield, CT.  Matthew lives in Bristol, CT and entered the Connecticut Police Officers and Standards Training Academy in Meriden, CT on February 19, 2010.

Canton Chief of Police John Murphy is very pleased with the addition of two highly qualified officers which will address staffing vacancies within the department.  Officer Selander should complete his field training sometime in early Spring 2010 and begin patrol duties.  It is anticipated that Officer Keepin will begin patrol duties sometime in the early Fall 2010.

 

TIPLINE Citizens who would like to report criminal activity, suspicious activity, or make the police department aware of any dangerous actions may call our TIPLINE.  Please leave a brief but detailed message and we will investigate your concerns to the best of our ability with the amount of information that has been made available to us. Examples of such concerns may be as follows:

 

  • Knowledge of a party where underage drinking is involved
  • Cultivation of Narcotics
  • Knowledge of a driver operating a MV while the driver is under Suspension
  • Intoxicated driver
  • Child Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
  • Vandalism

 

The caller may remain anonymous if they so choose.  The Tipline Phone Number is 693-7695

 

 

THIS TIPLINE IS NOT AN EMERGENCY LINE.  MESSAGES WILL BE RETRIEVED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY UNTIL 5:30 PM.  ANY EMERGENCIES SHOULD BE CALLED IN ON 911 OR LEFT WITH THE DISPATCHER AT THE MAIN NUMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 693-0221

 

VISOR ALERT PROGRAM:   The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association along with the state DMV and the State Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired have launched a new program aimed to better alert police officers to hearing impaired drivers. The program will provide bright green visor envelopes for hearing impaired drivers to place their license, registration and insurance information in. In Connecticut, about 1 in 5 drivers is hard of hearing or deaf and the new program is designed to help police officers better communicate with drivers who are deaf or hard of hearing. The envelopes are available at the Canton Police Department and DMV.  Visit www.ct.gov/dmv and www.cpcanet.org for more information.

 

PROJECT CHILDSAFE: Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program that helps to ensure safe and responsible firearm ownership and storage. 

Project ChildSafe provides safety kits that include:  a cable-style gun locking device, lock installment instructions, safety booklet.

Safety kits are available at the Canton Police Department.