Английская Википедия:Dedham Police Department

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The Dedham Police Department is the municipal police department for the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1876, it is currently led by Chief Michael D'Entremont and is housed in Dedham's Public Safety Building.

History

Early history

The first police officers were appointed in 1876 and worked each day from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.Шаблон:Sfn

After the department purchased its first police motorcycle in 1923, Abe Rafferty was appointed the first motorcycle officer.Шаблон:Sfn By 1936, there were 18 officers.Шаблон:Sfn

At the dawn of the 20th century, Officer Drugan would meet the last train from Boston at Dedham station, examine the exiting passengers for "suspicious strangers," and then turn out the lights.Шаблон:Sfn

Horse theft

In 1906, a horse was stolen from Scarry's Livery Stable on Eastern Avenue. The alarm was raised, fliers were distributed, and members of The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves set off in motor cars, but they failed to find the stolen horse.Шаблон:Rp While by this time the Town of Dedham had a professional police force who was primarily responsible for tracking down the thief,Шаблон:Rp at one point the chief of police was reporting to the Society.

Quincy School

The Quincy School was used until 1982 when declining enrollment and Proposition 2½ forced its closure.Шаблон:Sfn Town Meeting authorized the sale of the property to a developer in 1982, but only after off-duty police officers and firefighters were able to find and bring enough Town Representatives to reach a quorum.

Ruby

On January 27, 2020, an English cream retriever began working for the department.Шаблон:R The Norfolk County District Attorney's office provided the community resource dog to the Dedham police and three other departments.Шаблон:R Students at Dedham Middle School voted to name the dog Ruby.Шаблон:R

Headquarters

Memorial Hall

The department was located on the first floor of Memorial Hall until Town Clerk John Carey locked the doors for the last time on March 16, 1962.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The building was demolished in April 1962 after a new town hall was built on Bryant St.Шаблон:Sfn The police took up temporary residence in the new town hall for a year while a new police station was built on the Memorial Hall property.Шаблон:Sfn

First station

On April 29, 1963, the Police Department moved into their new headquarters on the corner of High and Washington Streets. It included a fallout shelter in the cellar that featured walls of 6-inch reinforced concrete and a lead window cover that could be put in place to shield occupants from fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. It also housed the Civil Defense Communication Center.

Proposed Rustcraft station

Town Meeting rejected a $40 million proposal in November 2014 to buy a Шаблон:Convert portion of the former Rust Craft Greeting Card building at 100 Rustcraft Road for use as a Town Hall, Senior Center, and Police Station. The Town had already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in due diligence when Town Meeting rejected the plan.

Public safety building

After most of the Town's administrative offices move into the Ames Schoolhouse, the Police Department was expected to renovate the old Town Hall for their use at a cost of $9.5 million. Plans changed, however, to knocking down the existing Town Hall and instead building a combined public safety building for both the police and the Dedham Fire Department.

On March 5, 2021, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place for the new building. The new building at 26 Bryant Street was opened for the first time on March 12, 2023. The public was invited to take tours following the ribbon cutting. The Dedham Square Planning Committee voted to recommend the old police headquarters be demolished and a new town green be built on the site in December 2021. A six-person working group was created to oversee the project in April 2022.

Inside the statue of William B. Gould are three photos of the ribbon cutting of the Public Safety Building.Шаблон:Efn

Substations

There are police substations at NewBridge and at Legacy Place.

Supernatural investigations

1877 spook sightings

In October 1877, a "spook" was seen in the Old Village Cemetery.Шаблон:Sfn P.H. Hurley was walking through the graveyard when he was accosted by the ghost.Шаблон:Sfn The spook then took off, leaping over a tall fence.Шаблон:Sfn Later the same night, John Ward saw the spook in Brookdale Cemetery.Шаблон:Sfn

The spook seen by Hurley and Ward was described as being over seven feet tall and wearing a long blue coat.Шаблон:Sfn Others reported seeing a spectral woman in the cemeteries.Шаблон:Sfn She was silent and still, pointing at various graves.Шаблон:Sfn

One report indicated that the spook liked eggs, so the police investigated a grocery store.Шаблон:Sfn

Around midnight on November 8, neighbors on Village Avenue heard shots fired in the cemetery.Шаблон:Sfn Caretaker John Carey found blood scattered on the white marble gravestone of Lavinia Turner the next morning, as well as a bloody handprint on the iron rail surrounding the family plot.Шаблон:Sfn There was also trampled grass and indications of a struggle.Шаблон:Sfn Constable de Morse thought the red liquid was blood, but Police Chief William F. Drugan ruled that it was simply red ink.Шаблон:Sfn Drugan also declared that the "spook sensation" was not real but was the work of pranksters.Шаблон:Sfn

The press, including the Dedham Transcript and newspapers from Boston and New York, covered the story extensively.Шаблон:Sfn One reporter spent the night in the cemetery, hoping to catch a glimpse of the spook.Шаблон:Sfn By the end of November, when a ghost was seen in a Palmer, Massachusetts cemetery and the newspaper coverage moved there, the sightings in Dedham died down.Шаблон:Sfn

1973 UFO sighting

In December 1973, the Dedham Police Department investigated the sighting of several unidentified flying objects over town. A young couple on a date had their car followed by UFO while they drove through Dedham.

Youths behaving badly

Independence Day wagon burnings

Beginning in the early 1900s and continuing until the 1990s, bonfires would be held first in Oakdale Square and then in the Manor to celebrate the 4th of July.Шаблон:R It would usually begin at midnight, either on July 3 or July 4, when a young person would climb onto the roof of the Church of the Good Shepherd and ring the bell.Шаблон:R This would signal others to bring old farm carts they had stolen into Oakdale Square and light them ablaze.Шаблон:R

In the early days, through the 1930s, police and fire officials were on hand to keep order and maintain safety.Шаблон:R The fires would often grow so large and so intense that windows in the Square would crack and tar would melt.Шаблон:R By 1959, the fires had grown so intense that the Town adopted a by-law, perhaps one of a kind, to outlaw the practice.Шаблон:R

The last fire in Oakdale Square took place in 1963.Шаблон:R When police and the fire department arrived to shut it down, they were pelted with rocks and full cans of beer.Шаблон:R Several years later, the tradition was revived in the Manor but, after an explosion and an intense fire melted the siding on a nearby house in 1990, the tradition was finally ended.Шаблон:R

Dedham High School

Dedham High School began playing Norwood High School in an annual football contest in 1920. In 1946, thousands of fans swarmed the field for about 20 minutes after a Norwood touchdown pass was brought back on an offensive interference penalty. During the closing minutes of the game, the crowd threw stones and other objects at the officials. The Dedham Police Department had to escort them off the field after the game.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle and the Citizen's Bank robbery

On December 1, 1972, The Friends of Eddie Coyle crew shot the film's opening scene in Dedham Square.Шаблон:Sfn The South Shore BankШаблон:Efn was the used as the bank robbed in the film.Шаблон:Sfn

The movie was released in May 2009.Шаблон:Sfn On June 16, 2009, just a few weeks later, the same bank was robbed in a manner reminiscent of how it was done in the film.Шаблон:Sfn Delroy George Henry drove up to the bank minutes before it opened.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:R He then forced his way in the bank and tried to get the staff to open the vault.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:R He also ordered staff to sit on the ground while brandishing a gun, just as was done in the film.Шаблон:Sfn

An employee sent a text message to an employee in another branch who then called the Dedham Police Department.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:R A police officer working a detail 100 yards away responded quickly and apprehended Henry.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:R

Chiefs

• Walter Carroll
• William F. DruganШаблон:Sfn
• Dennis Teehan
• Micheal WeirШаблон:Efn
• Michel D'Entremont

Works cited

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