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Deering Police Department Deering, NH 03244 762 Deering Center Road, Deering, NH 03244 Office: 464-3127 / Dispatch: 464-3600 |
PRESS RELEASE March 2, 2009
TO: All Local Media Outlets
From: Chief Pushee
Deering Police Say Goodbye to Part Time Officer Nicholas Hodgen
Part-Time Deering Police Officer Nicholas Hodgen has recently resigned his commission in Deering, citing personal reasons as he is being assigned new duties and will shortly undertake additional training with the Hillsboro Police, where he continues to serve as a Full-Time Patrol Officer. Officer Nicholas Hodgen began his promising law enforcement career in Deering under the tutelage of Chief James Pushee and Capt. Thomas Cavanaugh in December of 2004, when he was first hired as a full-time Patrol Officer. He elected to stay on in a Part-Time capacity with the Deering Police Department when he took his full-time position with the Hillsboro Police in 2007.
During his time of service to the residents of Deering, Officer Hodgen has served with distinction and received several letters of thanks and praise from citizens that he encountered while fulfilling his duties. Officer Hodgen was instrumental in helping Chief James Pushee form the Hillcat Police Explorer Post #612 in 2006, and served as the Head Advisor of this Cadet Post until early in 2008. Officer Hodgen’s calm demeanor, friendly attitude, sense of pride and duty, and his professionalism will be missed by the remaining members of the Deering Police and the citizens that he served here.
The loss of Officer Hodgen has created a large gap in the scheduling flexibility of the Deering Police Department. Chief Pushee and Captain Cavanaugh are working to adjust the scheduling matrix so this loss can be absorbed in some capacity. Currently this has been difficult, as full-time Deering Patrol Officer Chris Parsons is currently assigned to the Police Academy to receive his certification, causing a loss of 40 hours of patrol coverage availability on a weekly basis until the middle of April.
Regardless of these losses, the Deering Police continue to have active and busy duty and on-call shifts, and between January 1st and February 28th, the Deering Police Department has logged 562 Calls For Service, including 134 Motor Vehicle Stops and 12 arrests. Arrests have included crimes such as Distribution of Controlled Drugs and two separate cases of Criminal Threats made with Deadly Weapons, as well as other arrests for more minor offenses such as Reckless Driving, Bench Warrant Arrests, and Psychiatric Holds (Involuntary Emergency Admissions).
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