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Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center Receives Grant to Begin Construction on Building Addition

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Town of Holbrook
Emergency Communications Department
300 South Franklin St.
Holbrook, MA 02343

For Immediate Release

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center Receives Grant to Begin Construction on Building Addition

HOLBROOK — Director of Communications Stephen Hooke is pleased to announce that the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center has received a grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the State 911 Department for the expansion of its regional communications facility. 

The regional communications center received the $1.939 million in September and will help to break ground and fund the construction of an addition to the Holbrook Public Safety Building that currently houses the HRECC.

The planned 5,260 square foot expansion will provide space for up to 12 dispatch consoles and dramatically increase the equipment room space available for any future equipment upgrades.

The Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center currently includes the member communities of Holbrook, Abington, Whitman, Rockland, Canton and Sharon. Additionally, the HRECC serves as Norfolk County Fire Control and as the host of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Fire Services and HAZMAT EAST Control Point.

“Right now we have five dispatch stations and once the construction of the addition is complete we will have up to 12 dispatch stations,” Hooke said. “This will give us the ability to potentially bring on more communities and expand our services.”

An improved regional communications center will increase public safety preparedness response and operational benefits, enhance the array of services provided to dispatch entities and increase the capacity for coordination of local and regional police, fire and EMS resources, including response to routine events and major disasters.

Phase 1 of the construction project is expected to begin in the late spring or early summer.

Last year the HRECC received a $1.2 million grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the State 911 Department to upgrade equipment and bring on Rockland’s dispatch communications services.

“We are so excited and fortunate to be one of a handful of communications centers in the state to be recipients of the FY19 Development Grant,” said Deputy Director of Communications Lauren Mielke. “The funding received through this grant will allow our operation to expand not only physically but technologically as well.”

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Holbrook Police to Participate in National Coffee with a Cop Day

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Holbrook Police Department
William J. Smith, Chief of Police
300 South Franklin St.
Holbrook, MA 02343

For Immediate Release

Friday, Sept. 28, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Holbrook Police to Participate in National Coffee with a Cop Day

HOLBROOK — Chief William Smith is pleased to announce that the Holbrook Police Department will be participating in National Coffee with a Cop Day next week.

“We invite residents to come to the station and have a casual conversation with some of our officers about what community issues are important to them,” Chief Smith said.

WHEN:

Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 9-11 a.m.

WHERE:

Holbrook Police Station, 300 South Franklin St.

WHAT: 

Residents, business owners and community members are invited to meet with Holbrook Police officers to engage in meaningful conversation over a cup of coffee — or two.

There is no set agenda for the event, but rather a chance for residents to meet the officers who serve their community, ask questions and express any concerns they may have.

The event is part of National Coffee with a Cop Day, conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

The first Coffee with a Cop event was held in 2011 by the Hawthorne Police Department in California. The initiative has since spread globally as a simple but effective method of bringing police and communities together.

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Holbrook Police Promote Officer Andrew Martins to Sergeant

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Holbrook Police Department
William J. Smith, Chief of Police
300 South Franklin St.
Holbrook, MA 02343

For Immediate Release

Friday, June 29, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Holbrook Police Promote Officer Andrew Martins to Sergeant

HOLBROOK — Chief William Smith is pleased to announce that Holbrook Police Officer Andrew Martins was promoted to the rank of sergeant this week.

“I am very proud and happy to have Sgt. Martins as a member of the command staff for the Holbrook Police,” Chief Smith said. “His continued professional and dedicated service is a great asset to the department and the town.”

Sgt. Martins has been with the Holbrook Police Department since 2001. He is the department’s firearms licensing officer and certified firearms instructor. He also serves on the motorcycle unit for the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC).

Sgt. Martins was sworn in at a ceremony at the Holbrook Board of Selectmen meeting on Wednesday.

 

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Holbrook Police Charge Man with Breaking Into Home

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Holbrook Police Department
William J. Smith, Chief of Police
300 South Franklin St.
Holbrook, MA 02343

For Immediate Release

Monday, April 2, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Holbrook Police Charge Man with Breaking Into Home

HOLBROOK — Chief William Smith reports that a man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly broke into a home.

DANIEL MADDEN, AGE 32, OF AVON was charged with:

  • Breaking and Entering in the Nighttime for a Felony
  • Malicious Destruction of Property

He also had a warrant for his arrest out of Salem District Court.

At approximately 2:18 a.m., on Saturday, March 31, the Holbrook Police Department received a report about a man that had broken into a home on Hamilton Way, before fleeing on foot.

Officers responded to the scene and began searching the for the man, later identified as MADDEN.

The subsequent investigation revealed that MADDEN used a rock to break a glass door in the rear of the single-family home in order to gain access. Two adults and a child were inside the house sleeping at the time.

MADDEN, who was barefoot and wearing only a t-shirt and boxer shorts, had several scrapes and cuts on him and was bleeding prior to entering the house. Police believe he was under the influence of drugs and had been running through the woods.

The adult residents confronted MADDEN, who then fled on foot, leaving a trail of blood through the house. He did not take anything from the home and none of the residents were injured.

Multiple officers searched the area with K9s. In addition, a State Police Air Wing helicopter also responded and used infrared cameras to help search for MADDEN.

The infrared cameras located MADDEN hiding on the property of a nearby construction business in Brockton. He was found and placed under arrest without further incident.

MADDEN was taken to a Brockton hospital to be treated for his injuries and is expected to be arraigned at the hospital on Monday.

These are allegations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

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