To the family of friends of Attorney Scott Garrant, On behalf of the men and women of the Wilmington Police Department and myself, I wish to extend my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Scott Garrant. The loss
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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On March 31, 2023 at 08:56 am, Wilmington Police responded to the intersection of Shawsheen Avenue and Moore Street for a report of a motor vehicle crash between a car and a school bus. From the
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When Abiel Porter Pearson was appointed a special police officer in 1872, he began a tradition of service that has remained steadfast for one hundred and fifty years. Statistically speaking, more than three hundred men and women have served in
Read more150 Years of Stories: The Cocoanut Grove Fire
November 28, 2022, marks the 80th Anniversary of one of the deadliest fires in American history. On that fateful night in 1942, nearly five hundred patrons of Boston’s premiere nightclub perished in a smoke-filled conflagration. As the city’s services were
Read more150 Years of Stories: The Auxiliary Police
In 1940, Richard Davis, a reporter for the Lowell Sun wrote about the Wilmington Police Department from its beginnings in 1872 to the then present day. The Regular Force (sworn, full-time officers) consisted of five men: Chief Harry Ainsworth, Deputy
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