Including the Police in Winslow Park

If you do not want to serve alcohol at your reception in Winslow Park, this post is not for you!  If you do, prepare to invite the Freeport Police Department!

After realizing that the Freeport Police Department would be a part of my big day if it was in Winslow Park, I checked out their website and found the email address of their secretary, Gabrielle Tilton.  I emailed one morning and heard back from Gabby within 20 minutes!  She forwarded the email to Detective Bianchini who got all of the info to me within 2 hours.  I tell you all this because it was so nice to deal with people who respond so quickly!  This has not been the case with many other emails during this planning journey!!

Here's the Freeport Police deets:

• the hourly rate for outside detail is $50.60 per hour with a minimum of 3 hours ($151.80)
• if the detail is scheduled on one of the following holidays (Memorial Day,  4th of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) the hourly rate will be $84.30 per hour with a minimum of 3 hours ($252.90)
• An administrative fee of $5.00 per day per detail will be added to the bill to defray the cost of processing.
• Any function serving alcohol with more than 100 participants must hire a second officer at the specified rates.  **for us, this was the key cost changer since we will have at least 150 people**

If you choose this venue, the police officers can come in plainclothes, you just have to tell them ahead of time.