One hundred years ago, Chief Walter Hill and his police officers found themselves in the grips of a crime wave that was running rampant over…
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It was difficult to find a long-lasting, permanent home for the police officers of the town. Between 1939 and 1961 they would assume residence in…
We interrupt our series on the police station to bring you a story in keeping with coming of St. Patrick’s Day this week. The influence…
After two centuries of being shuffled about the private residences of the constables and chiefs and sharing space with other town departments, the Wilmington Police…
When the Wilmington Memorial Public Safety Building was dedicated in October of 2001, it represented a more than two-hundred-and-fifty-year evolution in the design and concept…
Retired Wilmington Police Officer Paul Krzeminski was presented with the Outstanding Firearms Instructor Award today by the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor & Armorers Association. The award…
The Wilmington Police Department Ambulance Service operated from 1934 until 1956. Obtaining an ambulance was initially the endeavor of Chief Harry Ainsworth and several concerned…
Chief Joseph Desmond is pleased to announce that the Wilmington Police Department is hosting a Citizen Police Academy on Monday evenings during the months of…
The 1939 play Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring and the later film adaptation by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant, played out in…
In carrying on over a century of tradition, the department’s first true Honor Guard was finally formed in late 1987. Under the command of Sergeant…