Swine Flu Information

What should I do if I get sick?

If you live in an area where
swine Influenza cases have
been identified and become ill
with influenza-like symptoms,
including fever, body aches,
runny nose, sore throat, nausea
or vomiting or diarrhea, you may
want to contact your health care
provider. They will determine
if testing or treatments
needed.

If you are sick, you should stay
home and avoid contact with
others as much as possible to
keep from spreading your illness.
Do not go to work or school if ill.
Cover your mouth and nose with
a tissue when coughing or
sneezing. This may prevent those
around you from getting sick. Put
your used tissue in the waste
basket. Cover your cough or
sneeze if you do not have a tissue.
Then, clean your hands. Do so
every time you cough or sneeze.

What You Can Do
Washing your hands. Use soap and water by first wetting your hands with lukewarm water, adding soap, lathering and rubbing hands together for at least 15 seconds, rinsing with lukewarm water, and completely drying hands with paper towels.

If you or your family becomes ill with flu-like symptoms, let your doctor know.
Most cases of influenza in humans are caused by human flu virus. However, in the unusual event that you are inflected with a swine flu virus, the health department will want to talk with you about your illness and make sure other people you live and work with are not sick with the same virus.
Influenza medications are available to treat swine flu in people. These medications should be started in the first 2 days of being ill to be most effective.
It is important to know if swine flu viruses are spreading among people so that public health authorities can work to prevent future cases.

2007

2007

• 160,000 legislative funding for in car computers
• New DWI trailer (grant funded)
• New DWI generator (grant funded)
• New DWI lights (grant funded)
• Department four wheeler
• Departmental tasers
• Wage increase for officers.
• 4 new dodge chargers
• New audio video system for training room
• Received $25,000 in STEP grant funding
• Received $35,000 in ODWI grant funding
• Received 2 in-car video cameras and radar units from ODWI grant.
• Purchase and implementation of DWI BAT mobile (grant funded)
• Purchase of large construction type light tower for check points (grant funded)
• Sent supervisors to advanced Mid Management training
• Purchased and shelved new storage unit, to include adequate fencing..

State Legislative Funding

State Legislative Funding

As I am sure you are all aware this was a tough year for funding at the legislature. There where no new capitol projects funded do to the states budget shortfall. BFPD however, did not walk away empty handed. We worked very close with our new Senator Eric Griego and started a dialog with him shortly after he was elected. Our Senator was able to reallocate $30,000 from a previous project that had not been spent, and was well short of the amount needed for the project. This reallocation to BFPD is for the sole purpose of purchasing a police vehicle.

Thank You Senator

Community Fund Raiser

Citizens from Peralta recently took the lead on a community fund raiser for BFPD. These citizens partnered with citizens from Bosque Farms, and with businesses from both Peralta and Bosque Farms. There where great prizes for this raffle, and I am very happy to report the proceeds.

The efforts of these great citizens and business owners yielded just short of $2,600 for the police department. We have some great ideas on how to best spend these funds, and will report on that once we make a final decision.

From all of us here at BFPD THANK YOU.

March 2009 STATS

TRAFFIC CITATIONS
Total(BF)= 595 Total(P)= 401 Total= 996

ARRESTS
Total(BF)= 28 Total(P)= 14 Total= 42

DWI ARRESTS
Total(BF)= 10 Total(P)= 5 Total= 15

REPORTS
Total(BF)= 45 Total(P)= 31 Total= 76

CALLS FOR SERVICE
Total(BF)= 145 Total(P)= 112 Total= 257

Joint Checkpoint

BFPD and NMSP recently conducted a joint checkpoint on highway 47. The results where very good.

We would like to thank the local members of MAAD for there support to the 15 officers who worked. The members of MAAD provided food, drinks, and moral support to the officers.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

10 NO DL

6 NO INSURANCE

1 OPEN CONTAINER

4 REG

1 Suspended DL

1- 122G

1- DUI

1 – WARRANT ARREST

2 – EQUIPMENT

2 – MOVING VIOLATION



NMSP HAD THE FOLLOWING



1 – DWI

1 – 122G

1 – OPEN CONTAINER

Sorry

Sorry we have been very busy at BFPD with a ton of events, checkpoints, and working on grant proposals, not to mention the upcoming budget.

We will have plenty of new post to come with lots of new information. Please check back.

Thanks