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M I D D L E B O R O U G H
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Middleborough Detectives serve as the primary
service provider in the Town of Middleborough for
the Plymouth County Outreach. According to
https://otf.plymouthda.com/project-outreach,
Middleborough Police reported 51 opioid overdoses
and recorded 31 Narcan saves. The Middleborough
Police Department administered 26 individual doses
of Narcan. Plymouth County Outreach (PCO) was
developed through the Public Safety Community
Coalition and Faith Based Subcommittees of the
Plymouth County Drug Abuse Task Force. Since its
inception, PCO has fostered an innovative law
enforcement/non-law enforcement collaboration
which includes the District Attorney’s Ofice, the
Sherif’s Department, all 27 Police Departments, 5
major hospitals, recovery coaches, DCF, District Court
Probation, PAARI, as well as community and
faith-based coalitions.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
As we enter our 7th year in the new station, many of the
developments in the IT Department consists of
maintenance and continual upgrades of computer
components. Led by our IT administrator, Tim Grabarz,
the following are just some of our progress over the
past year:
• Continued install and upgrade of most recent
releases regarding the Tritech CAD/RMS systems and
serer. Install and configure new evidence area
processing systems.
• Continued deployment and testing of the Go2Blu
sotware now on all Dispatch systems and cruiser
laptops.
• Upgrade all mobile devices to Win11 where possible
in preparation for Win10 EOL (end of life) and began
testing upgrade path for Toughbook computers
including single unit deployment for testing
purposes.
• Expanding mobile access to Detectives including a
cloud solution allowing Detectives to capture digital
evidence in the field and transmission to a central
depository.
The PCO has two main aspects of the program. They
are overdose follow-ups and community drop-in
centers. Within 12-24 hours of an overdose, an
outreach team consisting of a plain clothes oficer
and a licensed clinician and/or a recovery coach will
conduct a home visit of the overdose survivor. The
intent of the outreach efort is to provide resources
and support to those with substance abuse disorders
and/or their families with the hope of getting people
into treatment and connecting families and friends
with existing resources in the county. Through the
support of Project Outreach and PCO Hope, drop-in
centers are held each week in various sites across
Plymouth County. These centers host a growing
number of health care providers who help with
treatment options and train and distribute Narcan
(also known as Naloxone which can reverse an opioid
overdose) for free.
The Middleborough Police Department’s website is in
its 7th year with John Guilfoil Public Relations (JGPR),
resulting in a more streamlined and easier to use
website. We anticipate an upgraded new look to the
website at some point in 2025. We can be found at
www.middleboroughpolice.com and we strongly urge
you to use the website as most of the essential forms
can be found there or are linked to the appropriate site.
We ask you to follow us on Twitter @MiddleboroughPD
and look for Middleborough Police Department on
Facebook.
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