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Dartmouth Police Seeing Increased Success With Prescription Drug Take Back Program
Brian P. Levesque, Chief of Police
249 Russells Mills Road
South Dartmouth, MA 02748
For Immediate Release
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net
Dartmouth Police Seeing Increased Success With Prescription Drug Take Back Program
DARTMOUTH — Chief Brian P. Levesque reports that the Dartmouth Police Department’s prescription drug take back program has seen increased success so far this year.
The department has collected and destroyed approximately 111 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription drugs this year. This time last year, the department had collected approximately 45 pounds.
“I am glad to see that the program has seen more than double the amount of unwanted drugs collected between this year and last year,” Chief Levesque said. “In Dartmouth, we are committed to providing an avenue for residents to safely dispose of unused medications throughout the year. If anyone wants to get rid of their old pills, they can do so at the station any time.”
To go along with Dartmouth’s success, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced that National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, held on April 28, was a record-setting day for the initiative.
The DEA’s 15th annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collected and destroyed close to one million pounds—nearly 475 tons— of potentially dangerous prescription drugs, making it the most successful event in DEA history.
The total amount of prescription drugs collected by the DEA since the fall of 2010 is now 9,964,714 pounds, or 4,982 tons.
Residents can drop off their prescription drugs at any time in the collection box located in the Dartmouth Police Department’s lobby.
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SEMLEC Search and Rescue Training to be Held at Dartmouth Nature Preserve
South Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council
Search and Rescue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net
SEMLEC Search and Rescue Training to be Held at Dartmouth Nature Preserve
DARTMOUTH — The Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council reports that members of the Search and Rescue Unit will be training at a Dartmouth nature preserve on Tuesday.
The training exercises will take place on the property of the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust near Cornell Farm on Smith Neck Road. The training will go from late morning until mid-afternoon.
Residents and guests of the preserve should not be alarmed by the police presence.
The officers will be training with Safety Net and Project Livesaver tracking device technology. The devices are meant to help locate missing people who are at-risk, with illnesses and developmental disorders such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Epilepsy, autism and down syndrome.
The officers will separate into groups of three or four and will each attempt to locate tracking bracelets that are hidden in the woods. Each bracelet has its own unique frequency that the officers will follow.
The group will then attempt to locate a person wearing one of the bracelets in the woods, in a mock search of a missing person.
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Re-Accreditation Notification
DARTMOUTH POLICE ARREST DARTMOUTH MAN FOR CARJACKING
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