The Dartmouth Police Department announced that it is now fully encrypting all of its radio communications, along with those of the other emergency agencies.
Police officers in Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Acushnet are helping Jerry Pinto fill three buses full of new, unwrapped toys for families in need Dec. 10 and 11.
State police are crediting a detective from the Dartmouth police department with starting an investigation that led to authorities seizing nine kilos of fentanyl from a man in Providence last week.
In March 1922, Dartmouth Town Meeting voters approved Article 59, establishing a police department in town. The department celebrates its centennial this year.