Island police were kept busy with an array of minor incidents over the weekend. On Sunday Edgartown police responded to a call at the Vineyard Vines store, where a stink bomb had been left inside.

The search for a new Tisbury police chief has been narrowed to five candidates from a field of 16.

Island law enforcement and EMS responded to several incidents over the weekend, including a serious motorcycle accident.

It was only a drill when the tactical response team swarmed the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School campus Thursday morning.

Edgartown police chief Bruce McNamee feels community policing is more than just getting to know the people in town.

Community policing on Martha’s Vineyard requires a special set of skills, four chiefs and the sheriff said during a Gazette discussion this week.

Edgartown police chief David Rossi is stepping down following a recent heart attack, becoming the third Island police chief to announce his departure in less than a month.

Police knew it was a drill. But when a 911 call reporting an active shooter inside the Edgartown School came in Saturday morning, the response was just like the real thing.

Island police responded to numerous motor vehicle accidents, broke up several loud parties and placed a few intoxicated holiday revelers into protective custody over the weekend.

Edgartown

On Friday at 10:30 p.m. Edgartown police responded to a single-car accident on Meshacket Road near Morning Glory Farm. When officers arrived they discovered that a blue Chevrolet S10 Truck had gone off the road and struck the guide wire of a telephone pole.

Island police this week announced the new Martha’s Vineyard Tactical Response Team, an elite, highly trained group of officers that will assist the police departments during critical incidents such as hostage situations, searches for armed subjects and civic disorder.