Scott M. Rose
Chief of Police
The Chief of Police determines policies, administers and manages the police department and police services for the Town of Freetown. The Chief of Police also determines law enforcement needs of the community and is responsible for providing police services to effectively meet community requirements.
Benjamin A. Levesque
Lieutenant
As the Executive Officer of the Chief of Police, the Lieutenant manages police personnel and activities in a division, section, unit, or shift. This position performs other management assignments as needed and carries out other various administrative and support duties, as assigned.
Incumbent assignments may include, but not limited to the following: Patrol; Traffic Enforcement; Accident Reconstruction; Court Liaison; Investigation/Detective; Safety Officer; Internal Affairs; Firearm Licensing; Scheduling; Property and Evidence Control; Crime Prevention Officer; Vehicle Maintenance Officer; Field Training Officer; or Special Assignments.
Thomas E. Ashley, Jr.
Sergeant
Accreditation Manager/Training Supervisor
Accreditation is a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the profession, by the profession. These carefully selected standards reflect critical areas of police management, operations, and technical support activities. They cover areas such as policy development, emergency response planning, training, communications, property and evidence handling, use of force, vehicular pursuit, prisoner transportation and holding facilities. The program not only sets standards for the law enforcement profession, but also for the delivery of police services to citizens of the commonwealth.
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC) offers two program awards: Certification and Accreditation, with Accreditation being the higher of the two. Accreditation has been granted for a period of three years. Participation in the program is strictly voluntary. The Freetown Police Department has been a member of MPAC since 2006 and currently maintains an Accreditation Award since 2014.
Melanie R. Foley
Confidential Secretary
The Confidential Secretary performs highly responsible, confidential and complex administrative, technical and secretarial duties for the Chief of Police; to include accounting and computer data entry, maintenance of detailed financial records, processing and collection of department bills, and department payroll, maintaining personnel and medical files, processing public records requests; and all other related work, as required.
“Our goal is to provide a professional law enforcement service to the community.”