Crime & Safety
Hingham Police Officers Assisted With Friday’s Watertown Manhunt
Three Hingham officers were working in Watertown on Friday, trying to capture Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Three Hingham officers assisted the FBI, Boston Police and officers from around the state in locking down Watertown on Friday while searching for Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Hingham Police Sgt. Steven Dearth said three of the four Hingham Police officers who have assisted Boston Police after the explosions on Marathon Monday were assigned to Watertown during Friday’s manhunt.
Dearth would not give the names of the three officers but said Lt. John G. Norkaitis, Lt. David Jones, Sgt. David Horte and officer Jeffrey P. Kilroy of the Hingham Police Department have all been assigned to assist Boston since last Monday.
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The four officers are members of the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council and have been dispatched to provide mutual aid and assist with security at several locations in Boston.
At Monday's Annual Town Meeting, the residents recognized the officers, who were not present.
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Each of the four officers have been working 12 hour shifts in Boston. They have declined to talk with the media about their role in Friday’s manhunt as the investigation is ongoing, Dearth said.
The HPD was able to supply Hingham Patch with photos from their work in Boston.
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