Staggered shifts and scaling back on arrests are among the new protocols that have been adopted by Island police and emergency responders during the pandemic.
Minor motor vehicle accidents related to drunken driving and deer occupied West Tisbury police over the weekend. Three people were transported to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a two-car collision in West Tisbury Friday afternoon.
With deer hunting season in full swing, six Island police chiefs are registering unanimous concern about the shrinking presence of environmental police on Martha’s Vineyard.
Eric Voshell, 39, was the victim of a homicide after he and two other men were shot outside a bar. The alleged perpetrator has turned himself in, the Bristol County district attorney’s office confirmed.