Better road safety means improving design
Vincent Baudoin, a Precinct 1 Town Meeting member, submitted this letter to the editor. I am writing in response to two recent police blotters…
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’22 no-shave APD fund-raiser nets $5.8k for MGH cancer fight
The Arlington Police Department raised $5,825 during its 2022 No-Shave November and December initiative to benefit cancer research. For the campaign, members of the…
As gun violence roils U.S., what you can do right here
The following letter to the community about gun violence was issued by Police Chief Julie Flaherty and Christine Bongiorno, director of Health and Human…
Police keep watch over schools, express sorrow
Chief Flaherty Police Chief Julie Flaherty and the men and women of the Arlington Police Department join in the collective sorrow felt by the…
No-shave police fund-raiser nets just under $8k
UPDATED Feb. 12: Members of the Arlington Police Department took part in a no-shave effort for the third year in a row to support the…
Interim report on police study offered
UPDATED, Nov. 12: Submitting the following were Laura Gitelson and Susan Ryan-Vollmar, cochairs of Arlington’s Civilian Police Advisory Board Study Committee. Town Meeting appointed…
Meeting held on ways to make intersection safer
UPDATED, July 13: The town has taken short-term steps to address safety at Mass. Ave. and Appleton, banning left turns around sunset, when glare…
Chief tells how community policing aims to build trust
Police Chief Juliann Flaherty discusses building relationships through community policing. Community policing is not a new expression. It is an important philosophy that has…
Chief explains in-depth use-of-force training guided by deescalation
Police Chief Juliann Flaherty explains the ICAT program and the evolution of police training. We’ve seen over the years how the types of situations…
Chief expresses gratitude, says goodbye
Ryan Frederick Ryan, chief of police, released this statement to the community on Monday, Jan. 7, days before retiring. It is dated Jan. 4. Town Manager,…