Crime & Safety

Arlington Police Escort Second Grader to School

This sure beats taking the bus!

ARLINGTON, MA—It's not every day that a student gets a police escort to school, but one lucky Arlington girl was given that chance.

An Arlington second grader named Inara was escorted to school this morning by Arlington Police Chief Frederick Ryan. Inara was the winner of her school's auction prize for a police escort to school.

Inara was also the recipient of an honorary Arlington Police Department Badge.

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Arlington Police were not immediately available to comment on the event, but their Facebook posting was "liked" more than 180 times and shared multiple times.


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