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THE YARMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

 

Yarmouth Police Reach Mid-Range Goal of 45 Crime Watch Neighborhoods

 

The Yarmouth Police Department has reached our mid-range goal of 45 Neighborhood Crime Watch Groups spread throughout the Town of Yarmouth.

 

Neighborhood Crime Watch is a critical aspect of our Community Policing Strategic Plan and began initially under retired Chief Peter L. Carnes and grew under the direction of recently retired Chief Michael J. Almonte.  In the past 12 months, Yarmouth Police Lieutenant Patrick Carty and the Community Advisory Team have fostered the growth of the program into 45 neighborhoods with one of the most extensive networks of Crime Watch Captains in one community in the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

If you are interested in forming a Neighborhood Crime Watch please review the following general outline of how to get one started in your neighborhood:

1. Contact Yarmouth Police Lieutenant Patrick Carty at 508.775.0445 extension 2116 and arrangements will be made to host a meeting.
2. The meetings are generally held in the evenings or on a weekend when most people are home from work.
3. The meeting preferably is held in the neighborhood at someone's home. This way people can just walk to the location. This has been found across the country to be much more effective since one of the objectives is to meet and get to know your neighbors.
4. Once a meeting date has been established with the Police Officer and the resident hosting the meeting, a flier and brochure are provided to be distributed to all the neighbors. This is to inform everyone of the meeting; the brochure speaks to the implementation of Neighborhood Watch.
5. The night of the meeting, a Yarmouth Police Officer attends and provides information regarding crime trends, crime statistics, what his or her role is as a Crime Watch Liaison Officer, what the Yarmouth Police Department is doing to assist the community and discusses alarm issues as well as how and when to call the police. That Police Officer teaches the residents what is needed when calling the police about a suspicious person or vehicle and answers questions that residents may have.
6. Our Police Officer and the Crime Watch Captain Coordinator explains how to set up a phone chain -- a collection of phone numbers, addresses and special needs or information pertinent to their homes. When the phone chain is completed, it is shared with all the neighbors participating in the crime watch.

All Yarmouth Police Neighborhood Crime Watch Captains have been issued official Yarmouth Police Department Crime Watch Captain photo identifications and each one has done tremendous work in bolstering the Crime Watch Neighborhood Groups and in helping to work together with the women and men of the Yarmouth Police Department to make our community a safer and more comfortable place to live, work, and visit.

 

This media release was prepared and distributed by Yarmouth Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Steven G. Xiarhos 508-775-0445 extension 2150 or sxiarhos@yarmouth.ma.us

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THE YARMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

 

Officers Stop Suicide in Progress

 

On Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10:04AM the Yarmouth Police Department received information that a female was despondent and may commit suicide in her home.

 

Yarmouth Police Patrol Officers Richard Fichter and Richard White responded to the Yarmouth residence and made an emergency entry in to the home and found the woman in a back bedroom with an electrical cord wrapped around her neck and tied to a door knob.  The woman was slumped over and unconscious.  The Officers removed the cord, located a pulse, and the woman regained consciousness.    

 

Members of the Yarmouth Fire Department promptly arrived and provided additional services and transported her to Cape Cod Hospital.    

 

Today, the woman is doing much better and a variety of services are in place to provided ongoing assistance.

 

The Yarmouth Police Department is grateful to the concerned citizen for getting involved to help a friend in need and Patrol Officers White and Fichter are to be officially commended for their prompt and decisive actions that saved a life.

 

 

 

• 30,000 people take their own lives each year in this Country

 

• Many more people are hospitalized each year because of attempted suicide

 

• Suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 15 to 24, exceeded only by accidents and homicides.

 

For confidential additional assistance with depression or suicidal thoughts, please call The Samaritans on Cape Cod and the Islands anytime at 1.800.893.9900 or visit their web site at www.capesamaritans.org

 

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This media release was prepared and distributed by Yarmouth Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Steven G. Xiarhos 508-775-0445 extension 2150 or sxiarhos@yarmouth.ma.us

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THE YARMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Saturday, February 18, 2012

 

West Yarmouth Man Dies in Single Vehicle Crash

 

On Friday, February 17, 2012 at 7:33 PM Yarmouth Police and Fire Department personnel responded to a single vehicle crash at the intersection of Camp Street and Buck Island Road in West Yarmouth.

 

Yarmouth Police Patrol Officers Michael G. Zontini—Nicholas Ambrosini—Albert Sprague—and Patrol Sergeants Frank Hennessey and Gerard Britt arrived at the scene and found a 2011 Toyota Camry crashed into a landscaped embankment approximately 30 feet from the Camp Street roadway near the entrance to Mill Pond Estates.

 

Members of the Yarmouth Police and Fire Departments removed the lone occupant of the vehicle and provided emergency First Aid, CPR, and Advanced Life Support and transported him to nearby Cape Cod Hospital. Despite the efforts of everyone involved, the gentleman

identified as Kenneth W. Rautenberg, age 68, of Camp Street in West Yarmouth—was pronounced dead.

 

Yarmouth Police Detective Eric H. Nuss and Patrol Officer Michael Zontini conducted a follow-up investigation that indicated that the Camry was travelling west on Buck Island Road and as it approached the Camp Street intersection crossed over and was travelling west in the east bound lane, went through the stop sign, and raced through the intersection at a high rate of speed and in to the embankment.

 

Based on the preliminary investigation and it appears that the operator suffered a serious medical event and no further law enforcement action is projected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This media release was prepared and distributed by Yarmouth Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Steven G. Xiarhos 508-775-0445 extension 2150 or sxiarhos@yarmouth.ma.us