{"id":803,"date":"2021-10-12T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2021-10-12T17:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T21:07:14","slug":"sen-timilty-visits-narcotics-training-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/sen-timilty-visits-narcotics-training-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Timilty Visits Narcotics Training Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>Timilty<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u202fVisits\u202fNarcotics Investigator and <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Prosecutor Training Course<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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BUZZARDS BAY, JOINT BASE CAPE COD, MA \u2013 State Senator Walter F.\u202f<\/span>Timilty<\/span>\u202f(D-Milton), the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on\u202fPublic Safety and Homeland Security, recently\u202fvisited the\u202f\u201cTop Gun 3\u201d\u202ftraining program,\u202fan intensive hands-on training course for state and municipal undercover narcotics officers and assistant district attorneys.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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From left, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey, State Senator Walter F. Timilty, state senate chair of the PSPH, Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O\u2019Keefe, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz, Northwestern County District Attorney David Sullivan, Worcester County Joseph D. Early Jr, and Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn, all listen to a briefing provided by Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher Mason.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cIt was\u00a0truly educational\u00a0to observe this training,\u201d\u202fsaid\u202f<\/span>Timilty<\/span>. \u201cThe\u202fTop Gun program\u202fis especially beneficial in that both officers and prosecutors learn from each other what it is like in their respective roles.\u00a0It is\u00a0a\u00a0great\u00a0example\u00a0of local\u202fand state\u202fagencies working together.\u202fThis training\u202fmakes\u202four\u202fofficers, our citizens,\u202fand our communities\u202fthat much\u202fsafer.\u201d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Massachusetts National Guard Counterdrug Program, Massachusetts State Police,\u202fand Massachusetts District Attorney Association hosted\u202fthis program at Joint Base Cape Cod.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cJoint Base Cape Cod is an outstanding facility\u00a0to use\u00a0for\u202fthis\u202fdynamic training. Law enforcement\u202fmembers are\u202fable to\u202fsafely\u202fsimulate arrest procedures in former barracks,”\u202f<\/span>Timilty<\/span>\u00a0said.\u202f\u201cTheir actions are, simultaneously, being monitored on camera\u00a0providing\u00a0feedback\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0control room in another nearby structure. Safety is the utmost concern.\u201d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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From left, Brigadier General Christopher Faux, Joint Base Cape Code Executive Director; William Gross, retired Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, State Senator Walter F. Timilty, Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, and State Representative Tim Whelan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Timilty<\/span>\u202fobserved\u202fone day of this weeklong course, which\u202fgave\u202fpolice officers,\u202fattorneys from each\u202fcounty, including Norfolk,\u202fBristol\u202fand Plymouth counties in the\u202fSenator\u2019s\u202fdistrict,\u202fthe opportunity to see\u202fa narcotics\u202fcase from the other\u2019s\u202fperspective. \u202fIt also provided\u202finvaluable opportunities for networking, which creates connections that are important to improving communication between different agencies and departments across the Commonwealth and the country.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Top Gun program\u202fprovides an estimated\u202f80\u202for so\u202fparticipants\u202feach year\u202fwith the latest information on drug-case investigative techniques and the law. The course focuses\u202fon the various stages of a drug probe, from the time the initial information is received, the resulting search warrants and, ultimately, taking the case to court.\u202f Students develop an interdisciplinary perspective on the legal and practical aspects of complex narcotics investigations.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senator\u00a0Timilty\u202fVisits\u202fNarcotics Investigator and Prosecutor Training Course\u202f\u00a0   BUZZARDS BAY, JOINT BASE CAPE COD, MA \u2013 State Senator Walter F.\u202fTimilty\u202f(D-Milton), the … <\/i>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}