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Acton Police Chief Richard Burrows announced that the Acton Police Department has made progress in its investigation into a pair of incidents in which Acton-Boxborough School Committee members were targeted with racial epithets during public meetings.
Through its ongoing investigation, which began after the first incident on Dec. 17, Acton Police have identified a juvenile male in Arizona as a suspect. Acton Police are working with a local Arizona police department to continue the investigation.
The suspect allegedly also attempted to interrupt an Acton Board of Selectmen s meeting Monday, Jan. 11, but was prevented from doing so by town staff who were able to identify the suspicious behavior and stop multiple attempts by the suspect to be disruptive.
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The towns of Acton and Concord have been working on a feasibility study for the creation of a regional emergency communications center (RECC) that would be housed in the Acton Police Department.
During the virtual meeting of the Concord Select Board Jan. 11, Town Manager Stephen Crane presented members with a draft of the plan and supported the creation of the center.
Crane has experience with regional dispatch centers as he’s been the planning committee chair and the chair of the board of directors of a regional dispatch center between Chicopee and Longmeadow.
“I happen to have a lot of first-hand experience with … a regional emergency communications center,” Crane said. “I’ve seen first-hand the benefits of it as well as some of the challenges.”
UpdatedThu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:18 am ET
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Acton police are working with a local Arizona police department on the investigation, Acton police said in a statement released Wednesday night. (Kristin Borden/Patch)
ACTON, MA A minor from Arizona is the leading suspect in the Acton Police Department s investigation into racist harassment that interrupted two Acton-Boxborough School Committee meetings in the last few weeks.
Acton police are working with a local Arizona police department on the investigation, Acton police said in a statement released Wednesday night.
The police department s investigation started Dec. 17. The department said the minor does not appear to have any connections to Acton or Boxborough, and is believed to have learned about the scheduled meetings online. Police did not release any more information about the suspect.