This month, the Chief welcomed Karly McKenna, the Police Department’s Jail Diversion Program (JDP) Clinician, to talk about her work with the department. JDP aims to help people in mental health crisis get the assistance they need, and not direct them unnecessarily into the Criminal Justice System. The Clinician rides with police officers in cruisers […]
The Westborough Select Board met on 7/20/21 in person at the Great Hall in the Forbes Building. At this meeting Westborough Police Department held a pinning ceremony for new officers and new promotions. At this meeting, Columbus/Indigenous People Day was discussed along with many other topics. See the full agenda here: Watch The Pinning Ceremony […]
In this episode, Shelby and Arthur talk to Police Chief Jeff Lourie and Sargent Mike Daniels to discuss Article 9 on the upcoming Town Meeting Warrant. This article proposes to fund Body-Worn Cameras for our Police Dept. Chief Lourie and Sgt Daniels will be on to provide an overview of the program and to answer […]
The Medal of Valor was presented to Sgt. Jon Kalagher on November 10, 2020. Sgt. Kalagher’s bravery and quick action saved another human’s life and for that, he was awarded the highest honor that a policeman can receive. Watch the full award ceremony below.
On 9/13/19: Police Chief Lourie was gave us the update on what is going on with the Police Department. He also introduced our new DPW Director, Chris Payant. Enjoy!
Westborough TV caught all the action as the police departments of Westborough, Northborough, and Southborough joined together to offer this year’s Borough’s Youth Police Academy. The program included a week of drills, challenges, physical fitness work, classwork, and much more. Cadets were given orders and taught important lessons including cooperation, discipline, safety, leadership, teamwork and […]
At the Board of Selectmen meeting on 7/30/19, Westborough welcomed Officer Christopher Traynor and Officer Eric Dyson, Jr. to the Westborough Police Department, Congratulations! Watch the Video Clip here: At this same meeting, Chief Lourie introduced Christina Fitton from the Jail Diversion program offered by Advocates. Christina talked about the intimidate and positive response to […]
On July 12, 2019 Christina, the new clinician from Advocates talked at the Senior Center about the new Advocates program in Westborough. She spoke about working with the WPD and other Police Departments. 5 Minute Recap: Watch the full episode here:
June 14, 2019: This month’s episode of Breakfast with the Chief featured Westborough Police Department’s Crime Scene Investigation Unit. Watch this month’s episode here!
This month Chief Lourie Introduced K9 Officer, Caleb Polseno and Lukas Westborough’s Police dog. Watch this interesting episode here!