GET ‘EM: New Dog Walkers Crime Watch in Yarmouth!

Photo: HN file photo, Sept. 2016…

The following is the actual YPD press statement:

YARMOUTH POLICE ANNOUNCE NEW DOG WALKERS CRIME WATCH!

As part of National Community Policing Week 2016, the Yarmouth Police Department has partnered with the Yarmouth Division of Animal Care and Protection, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Yarmouth Neighborhood Crime Watch, to announce the new Yarmouth Police Dog Walkers Crime Watch program.

There are dozens, if not hundreds of dog walkers throughout the community at all times of the day, all days of the week, in all weather conditions, walking their beloved pets. Dog Walkers Watch trains these individuals how to effectively observe and report suspicious activity.

Dog Walkers Crime Watch is a fantastic community policing program that requires no commitment beyond an individual’s regular routine and helps us all keep our neighbors and our community safer.

Anyone who walks a dog in Yarmouth that would like to participate in this brand new program is asked to come to Yarmouth Police Department Headquarters for a 1 hour training session on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 5PM.

Feel free to bring your dog and all of our 4-legged graduates will receive a diploma and a one-of-a kind Yarmouth Dog Walkers Crime Watch blue bandanna.

Anyone with questions is asked to contact Patrol Officer Mary Gibney at mgibney@yarmouth.ma.us, Lieutenant Patrick Carty at pcarty@yarmouth.ma.us, or Deputy Chief Steven G. Xiarhos at sxiarhos@yarmouth.ma.us

This program is completely free and we look forward to seeing you and your dog here at YPD Headquarters on Thursday, October 6 and 5PM!

[This media release was prepared and distributed by the Command Staff of the Yarmouth Police Department.]

HN NOTE: This is an great idea YPD! Please share with Barnstable and other surrounding towns. More eyes out there make us all safer.

9/28/2016