Southtowns Record

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (6F-7B)

Government
Town of Aurora
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Apr 27, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Zoning and land use, Roads and traffic, Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Budget and taxes, Energy and data center siting, Parks and recreation

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East Aurora / Town of Aurora
  Police Department
  Interdepartmental Correspondence

Training:

  e  Allofficers were assigned 31 daily training bulletins through Lexipol.
  ¢  All officers were assigned a monthly training on Community Policing: “Improving
  Police Efficacy and Building Trust."
  e  All officers were assigned SoToxa oral fluid narcotic detection device training. The
  SoToxa is a handheld, portable analyzer by Abbott designed for rapid oral fluid
  (saliva) drug screening at the roadside or in workplaces. It provides lab-quality,
  printed results in approximately 5 minutes, detecting six common drug classes—
  including THC, cocaine, and methamphetamine—with high sensitivity. We do not
  currently possess a SoToxa device, however the Governor’s Traffic safety Board has
  given one to Orchard Park and West Seneca Police Departments for trial use and
  they are willing to allow us use of their respective devices when needed.

  e  Public safety Dispatchers completed two sections of the Dispatcher Pro training
  program.

  *  SRO's Schultz and Longboat attended a two-day school safety symposium.

  e  Officer Pierce attended Standardized Field Sobriety Training and radar/lidar
  certification training at the Erie County Police Academy.

Arrests / Investigations

  ¢  There were three DWI arrests made in the jurisdiction in the month of
  March. One Felony and two misdemeanor.
  e  Our agency continues to receive fraud and larceny complaints targeting the
  elderly. Most of these incidents prey on the elderly that are able to be
  convinced to withdraw from bank accounts and transfer large amounts of
  money to perpetrators outside of the area. Another form of this type of fraud
  is convincing a person to withdraw large amounts of money from bank
  accounts and then purchase gift cards from big box stores and call the