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Alcohol Compliance Checks

Billerica Police | MA Posted on July 25, 2018 by BPD TechSeptember 25, 2018

The Billerica Police Department is planning to conduct random, undercover alcohol-compliance checks at establishments around town in the next few weeks. The time and locations of the checks will not be announced in advance. These checks are used to emphasize the need to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors.

National Night Out – A Night To Unite

Billerica Police | MA Posted on July 25, 2018 by BPD TechAugust 2, 2018

The Billerica Police Department will be celebrating National Night Out
August 7, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Billerica Town Hall 365 Boston Road

National Night Out is an annual Community-building campaign that promotes Police-Community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer and better places to live. It provides an opportunity for our Men and Women in Blue to build relationships with our citizens.

We are proud to announce the following agencies that will be participating:

  • Concerts on the Common with 4Ever Fab-Beatles tribute band
  • Balloon artist Steve Klein will have games for the kids to play
  • Lynnway Auto Auction is sponsoring Magician and Juggler Robert Clarke who provides magic, cool juggling skills, hilarious comedy routines and tons of  audience interaction
  • Billerica Police, Paramedics, Fire, Animal Control, and Department of Public Works will have numerous vehicles on display
  • NEMLEC and Middlesex County House of Correction will be displaying SWAT vehicles
  • Billerica, Burlington, Chelmsford, and Westford K-9 units will be conducting demonstrations
  • Massachusetts State Police Air Wing unit will be conducting a flyover (weather permitting).
  • Massachusetts National Guard 972 MP will display Military vehicles
  • Antique cars will be on display
  • Billerica Police Honor Guard “GRILL TEAM” will have Burgers and Hot Dogs for sale to help purchase new uniforms and equipment
  • Billerica Council on Aging will be providing FREE snacks
  • Billerica Friends of Music will be hosting an Ice Cream social

If you have any questions, please contact Lt. Commander Troy Opland at 978-215-9638 or Lt. Greg Katz at 978-215-9636

Report of Gunshots 41 Boston Road

Billerica Police | MA Posted on June 21, 2018 by BPD TechSeptember 25, 2018

Billerica – On Thursday June 21, 2018 at approximately 3:27 PM Billerica Police received a 911 call reporting gunshots being fired in the area of 41 Boston Rd. It was reported that a man got out of a vehicle and discharged a handgun several times at the side of Boston rd. at #41. The suspect is described as a bald adult male who immediately got into a vehicle described as a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord, gray in color. The vehicle fled north on Boston Rd. toward Lowell. This matter is currently under investigation anyone with information are asked to contact Billerica Police at 978-671-0900.

Police, Health, and Social Services to Create New Crisis Response Model to Help ‘Frequent Users’ of Emergency Services

Billerica Police | MA Posted on May 16, 2018 by BPD TechSeptember 25, 2018
  • Three pilot programs will test a new crisis response model that could help Frequent Utilizers—people who cycle repeatedly through the criminal justice, health, and social service systems—and save significant public dollars and emergency responder time
  • Grants totaling $4.1 million will help local responders, researchers, and government associations leverage data to identify Frequent Utilizers and connect them to mental health, addiction treatment, housing and other services

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) today announced $4.1 million in funding to help local communities and researchers study new crisis response models that could better address people with mental illness and addiction who bounce between jails and hospitals. The Foundation committed $1.6 million to launch three pilot programs that will test new methods of coordination between police, hospitals, and social services; $2.1 million to fund evaluations of promising intervention programs; and $375,000 to the National Association of Counties (NACo) to organize a growing network of county leaders on the issue.

Attention to Frequent Utilizers has escalated with the release of preliminary research that suggests the magnitude of the issue and the costs associated with it—both human and financial. The goal of LJAF’s pilot is to help emergency responders recognize Frequent Utilizers and divert them out of jail and into treatment programs that can address their root issues.

The pilot projects are scheduled to take place in three sites across the country: Middlesex County, Mass., City of Long Beach, Calif., and Johnson County, Iowa. The programs will enable local agencies to link data through a pioneering data management system built by OpenLattice, a leader in secure data technology. With LJAF funding, the jurisdictions will hire data scientists to collect and analyze information such as 911 calls, EMS transports, emergency department visits, and shelter records, looking for patterns that can help emergency responders identify people in crisis and connect them to the help they need. This form of data sharing among health, social service, and criminal justice systems represents an innovative and unprecedented partnership that LJAF hopes will serve as a model for other jurisdictions.

In addition to building capacity for linking and analyzing data, the pilot projects will help jurisdictions develop promising interventions for Frequent Utilizers, such as training for law enforcement, Medication Assisted Treatment for people with opioid addiction and housing assistance for individuals who are chronically homeless.

“We have an incredible opportunity to help some of the most vulnerable members of our communities,” said Kelli Rhee, president of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. “The potential is enormous. Not only can the pilot programs help connect Frequent Utilizers to the treatment they need, increasing the chance they’ll remain out of jail in the future, but the programs can save taxpayer dollars and critical emergency responder time.”

LJAF is funding three large-scale evaluations of promising interventions, which will help build the evidence base about what actually works to address Frequent Utilizers’ complex needs. LJAF has awarded a grant to the University of Rochester Medical Center to evaluate Minnesota’s replication of the successful Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (R-FACT) program. The second funding award, to the City of Long Beach, will evaluate an expanded version of Forensic Community Treatment (FACT), which aims to address mental illnesses commonly found among people in the criminal justice system. LJAF will fund research group MDRC to study the possibility of conducting a multi-location evaluation of a combined Housing First/Shared Medical Appointments program. If successful, the study could help establish the first trial in the United States of an adjusted Housing First model.

“We’re at a tipping point in our work to build a more effective crisis response network,” said Lynn Overmann, vice president of data-driven justice (DDJ) at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. “We are excited to begin to meet the need that law enforcement, behavioral health professionals, and social service staff have voiced for years. The pilot programs and research we’re funding represent an important step forward in helping communities create better options to respond to Frequent Utilizers, improve community safety, and provide much-needed stability and health.”

The announcement of these investments represents a significant expansion of LJAF’s DDJ project, which aims to improve society’s response to people who cycle between the justice system and emergency health and social service systems.

“We are honored to be selected as a pilot site by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation,” said Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian. “Public safety leaders across our county recognize we cannot arrest and incarcerate our way out of mental illness and substance use disorders. We believe this designation will allow us to enhance the innovative work we’ve begun at the local and county levels to disrupt the status quo.”

The DDJ pilot programs and evaluations reflect the first national effort to reimagine emergency response models that could more appropriately respond to Frequent Utilizers’ needs, with the hope of saving resources and, most importantly, lives.

Related Materials
For more information about Frequent Utilizers and LJAF’s work to address this issue, please see “Modern Justice: Using Data to Reinvent America’s Crisis Response Systems” or the report summary.

Laura and John Arnold Foundation Media Contact
David Hebert, Communications Director
713.554.1967

About the Laura and John Arnold Foundation
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation’s core objective is to improve the lives of individuals by strengthening our nation’s social, governmental, and economic systems. Its investments are focused on criminal justice, education, health care, and several other key areas. LJAF has offices in Houston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.

In Control Crash Prevention Training

Billerica Police | MA Posted on April 18, 2018 by BPD TechApril 18, 2018

The Billerica Police Department would like to announce our partnership with In Control Crash Prevention Training. In Control is a non-profit organization that offers state certified crash prevention training to all drivers.

This closed course, hands-on education was adapted from existing law enforcement training in the United States as well as European instruction that led to a societal shift in attitudes toward driving in many countries.

In Control is recognized as a 501(c)(3) and has trained over 30,000 students and receives endless praise from graduates, parents, schools, police departments, insurance companies, legislators and community groups all over New England.   Most graduates enjoy insurance discounts and the peace of mind knowing that they have been trained for emergency situations.  Third party research has found a 70% reduction in crashes for new driver graduates of our training and similar results for experienced drivers trained through our commercial programs.

While focused on training New England drivers of all ages, In Control has traveled the U.S. providing training, consulting and products to keep people safe from the most dangerous thing we do.

Not only does the Billerica Police Department recommend this training for residents, we send our own Officers as well.

For more information please see the In Control Web page.

Emergency Parking Ban – 3/12 to 3/14

Billerica Police | MA Posted on March 12, 2018 by BPD TechSeptember 25, 2018

BPD PatchDue to the impending storm the Town of Billerica has declared a Snow Emergency Parking Ban from Midnight tonight until 6:00 AM Wednesday 3/14/18. Vehicles parked in the street interfering with snow removal will be towed and ticketed. Thank you for your cooperation.

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