THIS
PAGE IS DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS WHICH ARE A DAILY
PART OF
THE WORKING ROUTINE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS PAGE WILL
BE UPDATED FREQUENTLY.
On
Friday, March 13, 2009, Fairhaven Police and Fire units responded
to a 2 car personal injury accident on Huttleston Avenue.
Four patients were transported to St. Luke's Hospital.
A Mutual-Aid ambulance from Mattapoisett assisted in the transport
and a full compliment of on-duty police and duty and call
firefighters worked the scene.
Saturday
2 June 2007- Fire and police units respond to the area of
Wilbur's Point on Sconticut Neck after it is reported that
a man is missing after leaving a party around 3:00am Saturday
morning. A cell phone is found on the beach, that is
later identified as belonging to the missing man. Public
Safety personnel from Fairhaven, Acushnet, Mattapoisett, New
Bedford, Bristol County Sheriff, US Coast Guard (Helicopter)
and Mass State Police (Helicopter), along with K-9 and Bloodhound
dog teams from several other departments institute a search
that turns up nothing. The search continues on Sunday
morning, 3 June, where Fairhaven Fire and Police coordinate
search efforts, first from a command point at Hoppy's Landing
on West Island where search boats from various departments
are launched and then at the Wilbur's Point site where divers
from SEMLEC Dive Team (Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement
Council) begin their search of the waters. A recovery
was made late Sunday afternoon.
Wednesday,
September 6, 2006 - One man was killed and another seriously
injured when a piece of aluminum siding they were installing
on the front of the building housing the Old Oxford Pub at
Dean and Main Streets made contact with a power line.
The resulting fire (caused when a gas line was struck by the
electric spike) damaged much of the building. Fairhaven
Police assisted fire and EMS personnel in both the rescue
and fire suppression operations. Mutual Aid units from
Acushnet, New Bedford and Mattapoisett assisted at the scene.
The fire was extinguished within an hour, but units remained
on scene for several more. The investigation involves
the Fairhaven Fire Department, Fairhaven Police Department,
Massachusetts State Fire Marshall, Massachusetts State Police
and the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.
Fairhaven
Police Officers Steve Gwodz, Kevin Chaffee and Sgt. Mike Myers ready
the ambulance
gurney as Fire personnel bring the victim down the ladder.
Fairhaven
Fire Paramedic Chauncy Burr and Fairhaven Police Officer Kevin Chaffe
race to the waiting ambulance.
The ambulance drove to Livesey Field behind Oxford School where a
Life-Flight helicopter waited.
The
aluminum siding shows burn marks from the electricity (L). Police
Chief Gary Souza and Fire Chief Timothy Francis confer with State
Police investigators (R).
Wednesday,
August 10, 2007 - The Fairhaven Police Dive Team, as part
of the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council
(SEMLEC) participate in a regional dive training session off
Fort Phoenix. Various scenarios were presented to the
divers who's primary mission is recovery of victims and evidence
from the water.
The "Victim"
for the recovery training exercise (a dummy with a weight belt attached
to bring it to the bottom) is launched from a support boat and allowed
to sink to the bottom before the divers get in the water.
This 25 foot patrol
boat, part of the SEMLEC inventory, keeps the dive area clear of other
boats.
Officers aboard the
Fairhaven Police boat keep a watchful eye on the exercises.
Divers, wearing full
'dry' suits work the Fort Phoenix beach area
Memorial
Day 2006 - Fairhaven celebrates Memorial Day with its annual
parade. This year the parade staged at St. Mary's Church
in North Fairhaven and after a ceremony at Riverside Cemetery,
ended with the flag raising at Fairhaven High School.
The
Fairhaven Police Dive Team conducted training exercises at
Mary's Pond in Rochester on Wednesday 26 April as part of
a joint effort with the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement
Council, of which Fairhaven is a member. These are some
images from that that session.
