UPDATE: 8 CPD Officers taking part in the 2024 Boston Bruins BFit Challenge

Cohasset Police Officers, along with fallen Police Officer Mark Jenkins’ wife, Maria Jenkins taking a photo inside the TD Garden in BostonCOHASSET — Chief William Quigley is pleased to announce that 8 members of the Cohasset Police Department, as well as fallen Police Officer Mark Jenkins’ wife, Maria Jenkins, and South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center (SSREC) Dispatcher Jordan Oster, are taking part in the 2024 Boston Bruins BFit Challenge to raise funding for the Massachusetts Hundred Club. An anonymous donor has said they will match any donations up to $1000, from now until fundraising closes. If you are interested in donating, please click here.

The BFit Challenge will take place on Sunday, January 28, 2024.

The Hundred Club gives an unequivocal and unconditional promise to police officers and firefighters in Massachusetts that in the event they are killed in the line of duty, they will compassionately care for their surviving families for the rest of their lives and never forget their sacrifice.

The Cohasset Police Department is participating in this challenge in honor of Officer Mark Jenkins, who was a valued member of the CPD in the Criminal Investigations Division and more importantly as a friend. Mark will always be cherished and remembered.

The officers participating from the Cohasset Police Department are Detective Lieutenant Michael Lopes, Sergeant Harrison Schmidt, Detective Julie Hall, and Police Officers John Harrington, Gregory Lowrance, Thomas Brown, and Brendan Skerry, as well as Special Police Officer Daniel Pipenbrink.

Firefighters, law enforcement, military members, EMS personnel and community members compete in both fundraising and total number of steps taken during the challenge. First responders participate in courses with varying levels of difficulty. Many of the first responders involved walk up and down the steps of the TD Garden. The challenge has been held both virtually and in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cohasset Police Officers standing in front of a window during the BFit Challenge

The Cohasset Police Department will be participating in the in-person challenge which will be at the TD Garden and held on January 28, 2024.

Each participant is required to raise a minimum of $300, which brings CPD’s total fundraising goal to $3,000. Last year we raised $4,340 and we are hoping to surpass that this year!

To support this year’s CPD BFit Team participants, please follow the link below: https://runsignup.com/Race/92160/Donate/UbUfkQNOfP5yHmTt

Thank you!

To learn more about the BFit Challenge, visit https://runsignup.com/Race/MA/Boston/BFitChallenge.

Cohasset Community Fireworks to take place on July 2, 2023

COHASSET — Cohasset Community Fireworks will take place on July 2, 2023. Fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m. at Sandy Beach. Because of the anticipated crowds and for everyone’s safety, there will be a number of road closures and areas where parking will NOT be allowed. There will be no parking in the Sandy Beach parking lot. Due to Piping Plovers, no dogs will be allowed on Sandy Beach. Real-time updates will be posted on the Cohasset Police Department’s website, Town of Cohasset’s website and on social media.

In the event of inclement weather prohibiting the fireworks display, information will be sent out on all platforms. There is no rain date. More information is below.

How to get to Sandy Beach:

  • Citizens may walk from Beach Street to Avenue to Atlantic Avenue to Sandy Beach utilizing those roads.
How to walk to Sandy Beach (photo of Sandy Beach: Jason Conforti)

Where to Park:

  • Town Hall Parking Lot
  • Village Parking Lot
  • High School Parking Lot

Free Transportation:

  • Pick up at Cohasset High School and at the Corner of South Main St. and Depot Ct.
    • Free Bus Transportation to and from Sandy Beach will start at 6:30 P.M.
    • Buses will run before and after the fireworks
    • Bus transportation will be suspended during the fireworks show

Road Closures (5:00 P.M to 10:15 P.M.)

  • Nichols Road will be closed to non-residents
  • Atlantic Avenue northbound will be open, one-way, north of Sandy Beach and Atlantic Avenue one way south of Sandy Beach
  • Atlantic Avenue will be closed beginning at Jerusalem Road at Atlantic Avenue

No Parking (4 P.M. to 12 A.M.)

  • Entire length of Nichols Road
  • Beach Street from Highland Avenue to Atlantic Avenue
  • Atlantic Avenue from Lothrop Lane to Sandy Beach
  • Atlantic Avenue from Jerusalem Road to Sandy Beach
  • Atlantic Avenue in front of Sandy Beach
  • Sandy Beach parking lot

Websites/Social Media:

Town of Cohasset: www.cohassetma.org

Cohasset Police: www.cohassetpolice.com

Facebook: Cohasset Police Department, Cohasset MA

Twitter: @CohassetPolice

Facebook: Town of Cohasset – Government

Facebook: Cohasset Emergency Management Agency

Twitter: CohassetEMA

Cohasset Police seize 100 firearms and military shells from Doane Street home

Cohasset police seized approximately 100 unsecured weapons including shotguns, rifles and pistols from 50 Doane St. Friday afternoon. A Navy unit out of Newport, R.I. took custody of five military-grade ordnance shells also found in the home.

Police received information from a credible source that the resident at that address had numerous unsecured rifles and shotguns strewn about his house and as a result, obtained a search warrant issued by a Clerk Magistrate at Quincy District Court. They executed the search warrant at 2 p.m.

When the military shells were found, officers backed out of the home and notified the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad. Members of the bomb squad arrived, assessed the shells, notified the United States Navy, and requested that they respond to take custody of the items. It is not known if the shells are live or not.

Chief Bill Quigley explained that under state law firearms have to be secured in a locked cabinet or with a trigger lock. The 65-year-old man, who lives alone, did have a license to possess rifles and shotguns, which was revoked by Quigley on Friday. All of his weapons have been seized.

“There are no more firearms in the house and in the adjacent building which he also owns that was searched as well,” Quigley said.

This case remains under investigation by the Cohasset Police.

Cohasset Safe Harbor to Present “Drug Story Theater”

Special Evening Performance of “Drug Story Theater” in Cohasset on May 5: Parents and Kids Encouraged to Attend

Lifesaving Narcan Training to be offered in a private setting

 

Cohasset, Mass., April 16, 2016 – All are invited to a free presentation of Drug Story Theater in the Cohasset Middle/High School Auditorium on Thursday, May 5 at 6:30 p.m. While Cohasset Middle and High School students will attend separate presentations of the show that day during assembly periods, the evening show is for adults and children age 10 and up. All three performances are made possible through generous funding by the Cohasset Education Foundation (CEF), with coordination by the Safe Harbor Coalition and the Cohasset Middle/High School administration and health education team.

 

About Drug Story Theater

Drug Story Theater was first performed in 2015 in Plymouth and has been sharing its real teen experiences to audiences ever since. The actors are all in recovery and are able to share their personal stories of how they got in and out of drugs. The concept is the brainchild of Dr. Joe Shrand who realized that school assemblies about drug abuse presented by adults to kids just weren’t working. “So the treatment of one prevents the addiction of many,” says Shrand, a Marshfield resident and medical director of CASTLE (Clean And Sober Teens Living Empowered), a short-term treatment facility in Brockton. The presentation includes the stories of five teens and two parents and each have a story to share that in at least one way will resonate with each person in the audience.

 

Drug Story Theater takes teenagers in the early stages of recovery from drugs and alcohol, teaches them improvisational theater and engages them in psychodrama, to explore their personal stories. The teens then create their own shows about the seduction of, addiction to, and recovery from drugs and alcohol. They weave their stories into a theatrical piece and perform for middle and high school audiences so the treatment of one becomes the prevention of many.

 

The program’s innovative approach to decreasing adolescent substance abuse capitalizes on and integrates current knowledge of adolescent brain development into all stages of the program: from therapeutic group sessions, improvisational exercises, and family involvement, to story development, script writing, rehearsing, and culminating in performing the teen’s own stories in front of live audiences. After each performance, teens participate in a Questions & Answers period with the audience.

 

About Safe Harbor Cohasset Coalition

Since July 2014, Safe Harbor Cohasset has been working to promote awareness and implement resources to help make an impact on the substance abuse in the community. Co-founded by Christine Murphy and Marita Carpenter, who is also president of the South Shore Service League, the group has over 60 founding members from across the spectrum in the community, including town and school leaders, teachers, nurses, parents, clergy, police and fire personnel, as well as concerned citizens.

 

Since then, the group has worked to foster a strong and inclusive community that encourages healthy, educated and responsible choices about drug and alcohol use. The mission is supported by evidenced based, prevention focused, sustainable policies and programs. To learn more, and to find resources for both parents and teens, visit the Safe Harbor website at safeharborcohasset.org. Keep up to date on the latest news and trends by following Safe Harbor on Facebook at www.facebook.com/safeharborcohasset and on Twitter @cohsafeharbor.Cohasset

Cohasset police officer helps with medical emergency on flight

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COHASSET
Officer Paul Wilson is in Atlanta representing the Cohasset Police Department at the National Opioid Conference. District Attorney Michael Morrissey was gracious enough to extend an invitation to Officer Wilson and pay his tuition to the conference.

The following email was sent to Chief William Quigley from a flight attendant on Officer Wilson’s Delta flight Sunday night (March 27).

Dear Chief William Quigley:
I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing because of an outstanding officer (who was off duty) rose to the challenge when one could have heard a pin drop (on one of the loudest planes).
Officer Paul Wilson was flying on Delta when we had a medical emergency onboard. After we made an announcement requesting assistance from any Doctor onboard, there was no response. I then made an announcement requesting anyone in the medical field, nurse or EMT.
Officer Wilson graciously came to the back. When he offered his service, I immediately questioned him (and surprised him) by asking to see his credentials. You never can be too careful, so I checked his badge and license.
We had a very sick young lady and like a professional, Officer Wilson used his experience and knowledge to assess the situation. He was careful and calm, instantly creating a safe and secure atmosphere.
It was as if he were part of the crew — communicating, assessing and evaluating the incidence. He was helpful and attentive. Officer Wilson kept an eye on this traveler throughout the remainder of the flight — even during final descent and after landing.
In today’s world where so much hate and terror are manifested, it’s truly a blessing to know that there are people like Officer Wilson that are willing to offer help without expecting anything in return.
He is an example of an outstanding American and is a great representation of the Cohasset Police Department. The members of law enforcement risk their lives every day but even off duty, Officer Wilson chose to be a hero for the greater good of our mankind.
Thank you for instilling faith and hope in our society. For this, I truly thank you and I know that sick young lady and the rest of my crew thanks you as well, Officer Wilson.
Virginia Estelle Mathios