A Message From Chief Carl:

   The Framingham Police Department is charged with protecting and serving those who live, work, and travel in Framingham. The Department accomplishes its mission by establishing partnerships with the community, using innovative problem-solving approaches, and recognizing the value of strong leadership and organizational accountability. In an environment of lean budgets, the Department continues to aggressively seek revenues through grant funding to assist in accomplishing its mission.
   Our town-wide community survey is one of the core tools used to identify areas upon which to focus our resources, in conjunction with crime and call analysis we deploy officers into the community with purpose and direction.
   As the Department embarks on a new era of policing, we face significant challenges reflective of large urban communities; our greatest resource continues to be our personnel. To capitalize on this we recruit and hire only the best individuals to be Framingham police officers, presently approximately 60% of all persons attempting to become Framingham Officers are disqualified from the process, only the best and the brightest earn the opportunity to wear a Framingham Police badge.
   The Department is responsive in its efforts to address issues such as domestic terrorism, homeland security, gang activity, an increase in crime and calls for service, and the ongoing obligation to maintain discipline, order, and accountability within the agency. To meet these challenges, the Department has reorganized to increase its operational capacity; we have strengthened our relationships with outside law enforcement agencies and developed an extraordinary relationship with both the Fire Department and the Department of Public Works. This close and seamless relationship has allowed us to implement a public-safety based team response to incidents of any scale. The coalescence of all of these efforts provides Framingham's citizens with a high degree of safety, security, and excellence in public service.

Sincerely,
Steven B. Carl
Chief of Police