Police/Court

Tribe, Town Collide

Chris Burrell

In the view of Aquinnah police chief Doug Fortes, the turning point came in the fall of 1999, when rangers from the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (...

7:00 pm, February 22, 2001
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Children Meet Racism on Tisbury Side Street

Chris Burrell

Two young girls from New Jersey got their first exposure to overt racism this week when they returned from a morning walk into downtown Vineyard...

12:32 pm, August 18, 2000
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Police Case Settled

Attorneys on both sides of a bitter, four-year dispute which centers on painful charges of racism against the town of Tisbury and its police...

12:45 pm, March 24, 2000
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Tisbury's New Police Station is Open Next to Old Location

Marcus C. McGraw

Although it is still without furniture and there are files on the floors, the new $1.4 million Tisbury Police and Ambulance Facility was open for...

2:24 pm, November 7, 1997
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After Delay, Work Nears Completion On a New Police Station for Tisbury

Marcus C. McGraw

The Tisbury police and ambulance facility is nearing completion. According to police chief John J. McCarthy, the department will move into the $1.4...

2:12 pm, September 16, 1997
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Officer Accused of Racist Acts is Put on Indefinite Paid Leave as Full Investigation Continues

Yvonne Guzman

Tisbury police officer John Dillon -- who has been under fire from the NAACP for allegedly racist acts against the town's only African-American...

1:16 pm, April 25, 1997
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Tisbury Is Embroiled in Heated Dispute As Police Deal with Charges of Racism

Yvonne Guzman

Charges of racism erupted this week at the Tisbury police department, with the town's only African-American year-round officer saying he has been the...