Acting Chief of Police Gary Magnan. Chief Magnan has been a full time police officer for twenty five years and for the past eight years has been performing various Lieutenant's responsibilities. He is currently acting Chief of Police Chief Magnan is currently assigned on the Day Shift. Chief Magnan's duties include being the s Firearms Licensing Authority for the police department, which involves reviewing applications, performing applicable safety checks on all applicants, approving or denying firearms licenses, and issuing and delivering licenses, and recording all firearms licensing transactions. Chief Magnan completes a monthly audit and provides the results to the Town. Chief Magnan also performs duties as the Department Evidence/Property Control Officer, and is responsible for the processing, storage, recording and inventorying of all lost & found property and evidence. He works directly with and supervises the Court Officer and provides the District Attorney's office with all requested items of evidentiary value (911 tapes, seized property, evidence). He also corresponds with both the Drug Lab at UMASS-Amherst and the State Crime Lab in Springfield, MA, and tracks any evidence brought to and from the Lab. LT Magnan performs duties as the Civil Service Liaison Officer, and is responsible for all new hires' Civil Service paperwork, screening, background investigations, oral boards, medical examinations and Physical Abilities Test and corresponds with the Civil Service Commission in Boston, MA. He also assists in coordination of department promotional examinations. Chief Magnan performs duties as Supply Officer and is responsible for ordering and maintaining supplies regarding the patrol function (i.e. rubber gloves, citation books, pepper spray, notebooks, pens, etc.) Chief Magnan performs duties of Parking Ticket Appeals Officer and is responsible for reviewing parking ticket complaints from tickets issued by officers and/or the Parking Enforcement Officer and issuing a disposition for each case. His duties include recording each complaint and sending the complainant a letter to their residence regarding the case disposition as well as recording each appeal for the Town. Chief Magnan prepares weekly and monthly audit reports and sends them to the Treasurer/Collector's office Magnan is the department Medical Record Liaison Officer for those officers Injured on Duty. His duties include processing injured on duty reports and insurance claim paperwork and processes all medical bills related to such claims. He provides our insurance carrier, Provident, with any/all requested information and reports.
Captain John W. Newton. Newton has been a police officer with the City of Greenfield since 1989, serving the Town of Deerfield for 10 years prior to coming to Greenfield. Newton has earned a Masters of Science in Criminal Justice Administration degree from Western New England College. His current position works on a Monday to Friday administrative schedule during which he manages day-to-day operations of the Department. The position requires response to and command of emergency calls for service when manpower shortages and/or emergency situations dictate. Other aspects of his position include grants management and general oversight for the Hampshire-Franklin Narcotics Task Force and Highway Safety initiatives as well as seeking out new grant opportunities available to maximize the abilities and service potential of the City's police department. Newton is responsible for the Department's internal investigative function ensuring fair and thorough investigation of complaints lodged against Greenfield officers. Newton is Executive Officer for the Hampshire-Franklin Narcotics Task Force and coordinates Task Force mutual investigative efforts throughout Franklin and Hampshire counties. Newton also generally oversees the 7-person Detective Division as direct supervisor to its Detective Lieutenant. Newton is Commanding Officer for the Department's 13-member Special Response Team and oversees training of its officers as well as assuming command during the team's tactical deployments. Newton has taught as an adjunct instructor in the Criminal Justice program at the Greenfield Community College. He also teaches regularly at the Western Mass. Municipal Police Training Committee Academy located in Springfield in the areas of Legal Updates, Missing & Endangered Children, Drug and Gang Updates, Contract Administration, Internal Investigations as well as teaching Ethics in Policing in the Basic Sergeant School and most recently revising the Field Training Officer program curriculum.
Administrative Lieutenant Martin Carter (RETIRED). Marty is a 30 year veteran of the department. He was a DARE Instructor. His former duties included the juvenile and domestic violence units and as a watch commander and patrol supervisor. He oversaw the complex and time consuming tasks of firearms licensing and he was in charge of the evidence and property functions of the department. He coordinated the management of thousands of items yearly and arranged for storage, testing, transportation and destruction as well as insured the integrity of each and every item. Marty retired in 2008 after a thirty year career.
Administrative Director Christine Scott. Christine has been employed with the department for 14 years. She oversees the daily activities of the civilian personnel in the department. She is currently interim Dispatch Manager for the Town of Greenfield Emergency Dispatch Center. She assists the Chief of Police with all aspects of staffing and budgeting for the department. She reports directly to the City's Director of Finance. She handles the department grant administration and computer management. She is the department's crime analyst. She teaches in the Citizen Police Academy. She is also the administrative assistant to the Franklin County Chiefs Association and a member of the City of Greenfield's Youth Commission.
Senior Account Clerk Sharon Broughan. Sharon has been a full-time employee of the Greenfield Police Department for 23 years...starting out as Secretary for the Chief of Police and Payroll/Billing Clerk. She has taken various classes at GCC for computer training, have attended some secretarial & computer classes/seminars and currently have the following duties here at GPD: Handles Billing, clothing accounts, purchase orders for the department and reviews the end of month account balances with Accounting; Prepares weekly Bill Warrants and expense sheets for department; Records restraining orders, updates 209A files, deletes expired or vacated 209A's; Types and records summons and corresponds with various courts relative to orders served; Processes Taxi Licenses for Town of Greenfield (including history & criminal record screening); Does the fingerprinting for department (w/exception of criminal prints); Processes False Alarm records (writes letters, record checks and fees paid for alarms); Prepares department telephone listing w/changes every few months as needed; Processes turnovers of monies to the Treasurer's Office for the department and also for LT Magnan; Typing and sending entries to Department of Mental Health for Pistol Permit information for LT Magnan; Notary Public for the department; Secretary for Union Local 274 & on Negotiation Comm. for union. oversees all aspects of billing and accounts payable for the department. She also processes all taxi cab licenses for the Town and does all permit application fingerprinting.
Parking Enforcement Officer Sandra Misiun. Her duties include monitoring metered, handicap and restricted parking areas and issuing tickets when appropriate; enforcement of town snow and ice bylaws; and acting as the departmental TRIAD liaison and makes visits to elders in the community.
Custodian/Animal Control Officer Calin Girgiu. is responsible for general building and grounds upkeep and maintenance; and assists Officer Payant with cruiser maintenance and utility functions. He is currently also acting in the capacity of joint Animal Control Officer with Deerfield and Montague. He is currently attending the Animal Control Officer Academy.
