WMOK spoke with Metropolis Police Chief Harry Masse for Coffee Break on April 26, 2023.
We discussed the following topics:
- Weather
- City Crime
- Calls of service has gone up
- Scanner traffic
- Switch to digital
- May 3rd Intelligence meeting
- Common channels & frequency
- Bizarre days
- Truck restriction signs
- Bike registration & Golf Cart Registration
- Electronic bikes
- The City Pool will open on Memorial Day
- Watch out for kids
- April
- Drug Takeback Day
- Prescription drug drop-off box
- Opioid abuse
- Fentanyl
- Homeless population
- Looking to help
- Looking at it differently
- response time
- Larger companies with cameras and surveillance
- Quad-State internet and cameras coming
- Happy belated birthday
- PSA
Hear our conversation below:
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