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Winthrop Police Department Selling Pink Shirts to Support Breast Cancer Fight

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Winthrop Police Department
Chief Terence M. Delehanty
3 Metcalf Square
Winthrop, MA 02152

For Immediate Release

Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Winthrop Police Department Selling Pink Shirts to Support Breast Cancer Fight

WINTHROP — Police Chief Terence M. Delehanty is pleased to announce that the Winthrop Police Department will honor all those affected by breast cancer this month.

To recognize both survivors and those who have lose their lives to breast cancer, officers will wear black and pink mourning bands over their badges throughout the month of October.

Winthrop Police Officer Anthony Sorrentino and Sgt. Steve Rogers have also partnered to design a special edition department t-shirt to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. For Officer Sorrentino, the project serves as a way to honor his mother-in-law, Debbie Gould, who passed away as a result of breast cancer, as well as Sgt. Mary Crisafi, who is a breast cancer survivor.

All proceeds from the sale of the shirts will be donated to Surivors by the Sea and the Marie C. Petrilli Foundation.

“Officer Sorrentino truly went above and beyond to bring this project to life as a way to pay tribute to all of the women and families who have been impacted by breast cancer,” Chief Delehanty said. “Our entire department enthusiastically supports this initiative, which has been a true team effort, and I have no doubt that this will have a positive impact on the fight against breast cancer.”

Officers will be on hand to sell shirts at several upcoming community events:

  • Speaker Robert DeLeo’s Women’s Health Forum, Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 6-8 p.m. at Winthrop High School
  • Parks and Recreation’s Fall Fair, Saturday, Oct. 13, at Ingleside Park

Shirts are also available for sale at the Meat Market, 224 Winthrop St., or at the police station. For those who choose to go to the police station, shirts will be sold Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Fridays from 8 a.m. to noon.

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Winthrop Police Department Joins Communities For Restorative Justice

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Winthrop Police Department
Chief Terence M. Delehanty
3 Metcalf Square
Winthrop, MA 02152

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Winthrop Police Department Joins Communities For Restorative Justice

WINTHROP — Police Chief Terence M. Delehanty is pleased to announce that the Winthrop Police Department has become the first in Suffolk County to join Communities for Restorative Justice.

Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) is a community-police partnership that offers restorative justice to those affected by crime using a “circle” model, which recognizes that crime is as much a violation of people and relationships as it is a violation of the law.

“By working with C4RJ, our department will become more involved in addressing crime on a personal level, which allows offenders to take true accountability for their actions,” Chief Delehanty said. “The restorative justice model has been tremendously effective in other communities, and I have no doubt that we’ll have similar success finding meaningful resolutions that will help mitigate the impact crime has on victims.”

Through C4RJ, partner communities are able to augment the traditional criminal justice process by providing victims of crime an opportunity to address the person who harmed them and share ideas of how the damage can be repaired. Additionally, the process enables offenders to better understand the impact of their actions and be held responsible for making amends.

Winthrop Police will work with community organizations like One Winthrop in order to recruit volunteers to serve as facilitators.

A newly-implemented piece of legislation promotes restorative justice programs either in lieu of or in partnership with the court system.

“I am extremely excited to welcome Winthrop into our program, and am so excited to see this model adopted for the first time in Suffolk County,” C4RJ Executive Director Erin Freeborn said. “Chief Delehanty and his officers have a strong appreciation for how impactful restorative justice can be, and I’m looking forward to working with them.”

C4RJ is currently partnered with more than 20 police departments in Middlesex County, as well as the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.

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Winthrop Police Enhance School Safety Efforts Through Training and Technology

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Winthrop Police Department
Chief Terence M. Delehanty
3 Metcalf Square
Winthrop, MA 02152

For Immediate Release

Monday, Aug. 27, 2018

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Winthrop Police Enhance School Safety Efforts Through Training and Technology

WINTHROP — Police Chief Terence M. Delehanty is pleased to announce that the Winthrop Police Department is enhancing its work to keep town schools safe through new technology and training initiatives.

The Winthrop Police Department and Winthrop Public Schools have contracted with Social Sentinel, which will enable police and school officials to be alerted to potential threats to student and staff safety that arise on social media platforms.

Unlike more traditional means of monitoring social media, Social Sentinel will empower police to receive alerts to potential threats, instances of harassment and personal crises shared online, while respecting the privacy of the general public.

The new technology, through its limitations on monitoring, works to prevent unwarranted surveillance of the general public and instead emphasizes the content and context of messages to help users evaluate potential threats on a global scale. The program also features oversight that prevents abuse by evaluating the extent of which law enforcement or school staff members are using the software.

Additionally, the Winthrop Police Department will be conducting ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) active shoorter training in town schools, providing students, teachers and staff with the skills they need to respond immediately should an active shooting situation arise.

“These are essential, common sense steps that we’re taking as a community to ensure that our kids are safe both online and at school,” Chief Delehanty said.

Both the Social Sentinel and ALICE programs were made possible through state funding secured by House Speaker Robert DeLeo on behalf of the town of Winthrop.

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Winthrop to Host Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Ecology Park and Walking Pathways

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Town of Winthrop
Austin Faison, Town Manager
Winthrop Town Hall
1 Metcalf Square
Winthrop, MA 02152

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Winthrop to Host Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Ecology Park and Walking Pathways

WINTHROP — Town Manager Austin Faison is pleased to announce that a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Belle Isle Marsh Marine Ecology Park and Walking Pathway will take place next week.

The project was recently completed and the park and scenic walkways will be officially open to the public following the ceremony.

WHEN

Monday, Aug. 27, at 1:45 p.m.

WHERE

134 Morton St., Winthrop

WHO

  • Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito
  • Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo
  • Senator Joseph Boncore
  • Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Commissioner Leo Roy
  • Town Manager Austin Faison

WHAT

The project broke ground on June 2, 2017 and was overseen by the Town Council’s Public Works Subcommittee, the Town Manager’s Office and the Public Works Department, with local permitting under the jurisdiction of the Winthrop Conservation Commission.

Funding was supported by over $1.2 million from the state Seaport Economic Council.

Once open to the public, a walker in Winthrop will be able to walk from the intersection of Pleasant Street and Main Street, along sidewalks, walking paths and foot bridges to Short Beach in Revere, without ever crossing a major road. A new park on the DCR land will serve as a recreational resource, eco-tourism attraction and outdoor learning center for children and students of all ages.

Residents and local community and business leaders are invited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony. To RSVP please contact Ellen Cebula at [email protected].

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