Monday, January 7, 2013
Mayor Arthur Vigeant and Police Chief Mark Leonard are pushing to get community policing back.
City officials are pushing to fill police positions and bring community policing back to the downtown and the French Hill neighborhoods. “We are hoping to have [community policing] back in the spring," said Mayor Arthur Vigeant at a recent meeting explaining the issue extends to the fire department which is also down personnel. “I want those spots filled in the police and fire department." Two officers that had been doing full-time, community policing had to be reassigned to patrol duty due to injuries and openings in the department, said Police Chief Mark Leonard. “It’s the additional burdons the long-term injuries place on us that have really been the cause to pull out the community policing officers," he said. Receive breaking news in …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Police Chief Mark Leonard said that an increased police presence at Marlborough Schools was taken to alleviate people's fears and concerns.
The police presence at Marlborough schools today is intended to alleviate concerns in response to internet chatter, Police Chief Mark Leonard told Patch Friday. “Really it is just an over abundance of caution to let everyone know we are there," he said. “It is just allieviating everyone’s fears and concerns." Police have been talking with school officials, staff and fire officials all week, said Chief Leonard. “We went over everything; safety procedures and protocol," he said. Monitoring has been taking place the entire week on everyone's part. School officials listened to and spoke to students in the school while monitoring the internet. Police turned to internet chatter and have been monitoring it all week. “We started monitoring a lot …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Funding for a regional lockup center that could be a boon to the Marlborough Police department has been secured.
A regional lockup center run by the Middlesex Sheriff's Office has been approved at an estimated $1.5 million after politicians and police officials pushed for the additional center. "Securing funding for the regional holding facility was a team effort that included every police chief in Middlesex County," said Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian. "A regional lockup will help save local departments money and allow them to take officers off prisoner watch and put them on community watch." The Executive Office of Administration and Finance recently committed to funding the $1.5 million estimated project cost using capital expenditures. While the money has not been allocated from a specific funding mechanism yet, this represents a step in the …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Friday, 41 kids including the daughter of Marlborough Police Chief Mark Leonard, graduated from the Middlesex County Sheriff's Youth Public Safety Camp.
Friday, 41 Marlborough kids graduated from the Middlesex County Sheriff's Youth Public Safety Camp at a ceremony in Billerica. Among the graduates was Marlborugh Police Chief Mark Leonard's daughter Christina. Leonard was one of the speakers at the graduation ceremony. This is the 13th year of the Middlesex Couty Sheriff's Youth Public Safety Camp and the second year under Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, whose own son has attended the camp too. "My kids have been through this camp. I get to see it through the children's eyes. I love this camp what it does for my children, and what it does for all of your children," said Koutoujian during the ceremony. This summer almost 1,700 children will attend the camp. One week is designated each summer for …
David C. Couper
11:44 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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