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Got Drugs? Permanent Disposal at the Belchertown Police Department.

MedReturn BoxThe Belchertown Police Department is now equipped with a MEDRETURN BOX!  This box is specially designed to safely store prescription and non-prescription drugs, vitamins and veterinary medications.  Safely dispose your unused / unwanted medications so they do not become a harm to you, your family members or the environment! 

Safely disposing drugs and helping elders clean out their medicine cabinets can help prevent accidental overdoses and the misappropriation of prescription drugs by personal ...

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Health & Safety Fair 2013!

Safety Fair Flyer 2013 (web)The Third Annual Health & Safety Fair 2013
Friday, April 19, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Chestnut Hill School Gymnasium – 59 State Street, Belchertown MA.

Come join the Belchertown Council on Aging and the TRIAD / SALT committee for the third annual Health & Safety Fair!  The fair will feature exhibits, testings, screenings, the Red Cross Mobile, police, fire and paramedic presentations and simulations, car ...

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Chief’s Corner

Welcome to the Chief”s Corner!  I want to personally thank you for visiting the new website for the Belchertown Police Department.  We hope visitors enjoy themselves while navigating through the site.  You’ll conveinently find many wonderful links, resources and reference materials.  We encourage your questions, comments and concerns and advise site visitors to use our “contact”  and blog features. 

As part of our continued community policing efforts, I’ve implemented a “Chief’s Corner” blog feature.  Users need to simply navigate to the News Blog ...

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Winter Parking Ban 2012 – 2013

The Belchertown Board of Selectman, at its regular meeting of Tuesday, October 9, 2012, has set the upcoming winter parking ban.  The parking ban is as follows:

*There will be no parking on any public way in Belchertown from 11:00pm to 7:00am from November 1, 2012 to April 1, 2013.

*There will be no parking at any time during the day or night when there is a snowstorm in progress and the snow removal trucks are clearing said public ways.

*Persons not ...

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Want To Be an Auxiliary Officer? Apply Now!

The Belchertown Police Department is looking to appoint interested individuals as Auxiliary Police Officers.  The volunteer officers assist with the functions of the department along with receiving training for possible further advancement.

Applicants must have successfully completed the Reserve/Intermittent or Basic Recruit Training programs, be at least 21 years old, have an educational equivalency of a high school diploma, have a valid Massachusetts driver’s license and a Massachusetts Class A license to carry a firearm.  ...

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R.A.D. WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE CLASS – REGISTER TODAY!

The Rape Aggression Defense Systems is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women.  The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training.

The Belchertown Police Department will be hosting a Basic R.A.D. self-defense class for women ages 14 years and older.  The class will meet once a week on Mondays.  ...

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Got Drugs? Bring Them to the Take-Back Event!

1The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  This is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications.

2Americans that participated in the DEA’s third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on October 29, 2011, turned in more than 377,086 pounds (188.5 tons) of unwanted or ...

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Press Release

Photograph of Edward Eaton
       
          Edward Eaton Press Release 2012
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BHS Girls Get A Lesson in Self Defense


READ MORE HERE:  RAD Sentinel Volume 98 No. 3  1-19-2012

(Note:  This news article is in .pdf format.  If your cannot view this file please download Adobe® viewer here.)

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Bus Shooting May Have Been Accidental

Updated: Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011, 8:12 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011, 10:37 AM EST
Anaridis Rodriguez and Shannon Halligan

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WWLP) – Belchertown police say the shooting of two school bus windows while children were inside may have been an accident.

Officer John Raymer of the Belchertown Police Department told 22News that the incident happened on State Street (Route 202) Tuesday afternoon as children were being dropped off. He said that said ...

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