Here are highlights from the department’s quarterly reports and highlights from Facebook of incidents and employee recognitions that I haven’t yet shared. Read the full article → from Police & Fire update
Previously, I shared that St. Mark’s School planned to tear down the old public safety stations at their 19 & 21 Main Street property. First they worked with preservationists to save a few pieces of Southborough history. Read the full article → from Old public safety station demolition update
The Southborough Police issued a statement yesterday morning about a Marlborough resident charged with Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon for allegedly pointing an air pistol at another driver. Read the full article → from SPD: Driver charged with pointing air pistol at another driver
According to the Hopkinton Independent, a man indicted for having raped a Hopkinton student was a freshman girls soccer coach at Algonquin Regional High School in 2010. Read the full article → from Former ARHS coach charged with child rape
Following up on guidance by Town Meeting, the Select Board took a new vote on whether to remain in or withdraw from an agreement with Westborough and Grafton to form a regional public safety dispatch center. Read the full article → from Select Board withdraws from Dispatch IMA
This morning the Southborough Police and Town posted an alert that Fisher Road is closed due to an accident Read the full article → from Alert: Fisher Rd temporarily closed
The Southborough Police Department’s Body Worn Cameras (BWCs) are in, staff trained, and officers will begin donning the devices on Monday. For the first 30 days, the program will be in a test period to allow the department to work through any glitches.
For some members of the public, this may be welcome news. But since some readers might be concerned about privacy issues and rights, I’m sharing the SPD’s official policy on how cameras and footage will be used. Read the full article → from Police launching Body Cams
On Saturday, voters who stuck around long enough to hear the last few Citizen Petition Articles informed Select Board members that they weren’t happy with plans for regionalizing emergency communications. Read the full article → from ATM Voters disfavor Regionalization of Public Safety Dispatch
Today, Algonquin Regional High School was among those that were targeted by a “swatting hoax”. A message from the Superintendent assures that students are safe. Read the full article → from ARHS Swatting Hoax
Voters approved a lot of important town business over the course of nine hours on Saturday. Read the full article → from Town Meeting vote results
More jobs available in Southborough. Read the full article → from Job listings
The Southborough Police Department issued a press release this afternoon. In it they describe a physical altercation with a man suspected of attempting to use a stolen credit card at Walgreens. Read the full article → from Southborough Police Report “brief scuffle” with suspect
This letter the the editor from the President of Southborough Communications Officers’ union and the Vice President of Southborough Police Officers’ union explains their Citizen Petition Article to keep Emergency Dispatch Services in Southborough and asks voters to support it. Read the full article → from Letter: Vote for Citizen Petition Article to keep Emergency Dispatch Services under Southborough control
This letter to the editor from the Southborough Police and Fire Chiefs explains why they “strongly support the transition to a Regional Emergency Communications Center”. Read the full article → from Letter: Fire and Police Chief on Regionalizing Public Safety Dispatch