Several Cohasset police officers gained training as certified mediators through a program hosted by the Community Dispute Settlement Center (CDSC) in Cambridge over the past two weeks. The CDSC was established in 1979 and is a private, not-for-profit mediation and training center dedicated to providing an alternative forum for resolving conflict.

Cohasset police now have six officers, including Chief Bill Quigley, that are certified mediators.

“We are the first police department in the area embracing this type of innovative training for our officers,” Quigley said. “At our core, police officers are problem s

Cohasset Police Officers undergo mediation training