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prosecutorial purposes, registering sex offenders who are required by law to register

with police departments of the city/town in which they reside, attending autopsies for

all death investigations and cataloging, storing, and returning all weapons held by the

police department. The unit itself is led by Sergeant Michael Patnaud, the evidentiary

custodian and the direct supervisor of the unit’s five detectives. Our BCI Detectives are

assisted by a civilian clerk, Ms. Laurie Chapman.

B.C.I. Productivity Report – By the Numbers

The BCI Unit processed fifty-six total crime scenes in 2021, where hundreds of pieces

of evidence were collected. This represents an approximately twenty percent drop in

need:

• 9 Rape/ Sexual assaults

• 3 Robberies

• 5 Aggravated Assaults

• 10 B&E’S

• 3 Larcenies

• 15 Recovered stolen vehicles

• 2 Arson

• 4 Vandalism

• 4 Weapons Offenses

• 16 Drug overdose deaths

• 5 Fatal vehicle traffic crashes

• 3 Motor vehicle accidents

• 18 Deaths

Additional activities in the year 2021 by the BCI Unit included:

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