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Reading Police and Fire Close Dispatch Center, Surrounding Streets after Local Woman Brings Military Mortar to Police Station

READING -- Deputy Police Chief David Clark and Fire Chief Gregory Burns report that the public safety dispatch center, located at the Reading Police Department, was temporarily closed this morning after a resident brought a mortar round and live ammunition to the station.

June 27, 2019 Jessica Sacco Client News

June 27, 2019 by Jessica Sacco

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Reading Police Department
David Clark, Deputy Chief
15 Union St.
Reading, MA 01867

For Immediate Release

Thursday, June 27, 2019

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Reading Police and Fire Close Dispatch Center, Surrounding Streets after Local Woman Brings Military Mortar to Police Station

READING — Deputy Police Chief David Clark and Fire Chief Gregory Burns report that the public safety dispatch center, located at the Reading Police Department, was temporarily closed this morning after a resident brought a mortar round and live ammunition to the station.

At approximately 10:30 a.m., a 79-year-old Reading woman brought a bag to the police station, 15 Union St., that contained a 60 millimeter mortar round and live ammunition after she discovered it in her attic.

Police, immediately recognizing the device, evacuated the dispatch center and called the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad for assistance.

The Reading Fire Department responded to the scene, and both police and fire closed Union and Middle Streets, along with the Harnden Street lot, which is located behind Walgreens.

Members of the State Police Bomb Squad arrived at 11:47 a.m., located the device and subsequently determined it was inert. State Police removed the device from the Reading dispatch center for safe disposal.

Reading Police reopened the station just before noon, along with the surrounding streets.

During the incident, the dispatch center was immediately moved to Town Hall and 911 calls were re-routed to surrounding communities. At no time were public safety services interrupted.

“Thankfully this device was determined to be inert and no one was injured,” Deputy Chief Clark said. “We train for incidents of this nature and I want to commend officers, the Fire Department and State Police for their quick and efficient response today. Public safety dispatchers did a fantastic job quickly evacuating the station and setting up operations at Town Hall so that the community would not experience any disruption to services. As a reminder, residents should never bring devices like these to the police department. Instead, please call us directly and we will respond to you.”

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