Three years after the codification of a landmark police reform law aimed at increasing accountability in Massachusetts law enforcement agencies, the Edgartown Police Department is looking to modernize its approach to ensuring public safety. The department is looking for funding for a five-year program that will outfit officers with body cameras. If approved and executed, […]
Executive session minutes from the Oak Bluffs select board have revealed information about a missing handgun. Until requested by the Martha’s Vineyard Times, the minutes hadn’t been released, and the details contained in those minutes about the missing handgun appear to have never previously been disclosed by the town. The minutes show a former Oak […]
The Oak Bluffs select board voted to appoint acting Lt. Nicholas Curelli to lieutenant, in addition to approving the promotions of Officers Christopher Wiggin and Jeffrey LaBell to sergeant Tuesday. In his first appointments as chief of police, Jonathan Searle brought the promotions before the select board. Lt. Currelli, who holds a master’s degree in […]
Former Edgartown Police Sgt. Jonathan Searle was officially sworn in as Oak Bluffs Police Chief at Tuesday’s Oak Bluffs select board meeting. Preceding the appointment, retiring Chief Erik Blake received applause from a packed room at the Town Hall. “On the behalf of the town of Oak Bluffs, I’d like to thank and recognize Chief […]
A former Jaws actor went from terrorizing the town to policing its streets. Jonathan Searle, 56, was voted in 3-1 as Oaks Bluffs police chief on Monday