As Halloween approaches, so does the #Mattapoisett Police Halloween Parade. The parade is over 70 years old and started as a bike safety rodeo. Recently, early footage of this parade was made available to the police department. Below is the link to the earliest footage we have of the parade which dates in the 1940’s. […]

The #Mattapoisett Police Officer’s Association is pleased to announce that it’s holding it’s 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on August 18th at Allendale Country Club. Food from Fay’s Restaurant/ Knotty Pine Catering. Come join the fun for a good cause. Previous year’s  photos can be found on our Facebook page. For all inquiries or sponsorships […]

  MATTAPOISETT POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE MARCH 6, 2017 Friday March 3, 2017 at approximately 845pm, a resident of Mattapoisett Neck Road called the police station to report that an 11-year-old boy had just knocked on his door asking for a ride to New Bedford. Due to the frigid temperature, the resident brought the young […]

                The Mattapoisett Police Department is pleased to announce that on January 25th an upgrade from the departments’ current E-911 system to the new Next Generation 911 (NG911) system was installed. NG911 is an improvement in emergency call technology created to efficiently handle today’s rising traffic and new technologies. […]

 The Mattapoisett Police Department would like to welcome it’s newest full-time officer. Officer Kristen Tavares began her law enforcement career as a reserve officer with the Mattapoisett Police Department in December of 2012. She served in that role until being hired by the Acushnet Police Department in 2014. Officer Tavares attended the Plymouth Police Academy 60th MPOC […]

A Message from the Chief Concerning the recent posts regarding Old Rochester Regional High School, I want to assure you that there is no threat to the safety of the students, faculty, or administrators at the ORR campus. Many of you received a text sent from a parent, who appeared to have accessed her child’s […]

MATTAPOISETT POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE 07 NOVEMBER 2016 At 10:42 AM, The police department received a 911 call reporting a Jeep had driven off of Ned’s Point into the water. Officers were dispatched to Ned’s Point. On arrival, they found a Jeep Cherokee in the water. A male and female were standing on the rocks […]

MATTAPOISETT POLICE PRESS RELEASE Friday September 30, 2016 at approximately 2:30am Officer Nicholas Lorenco stopped a motor vehicle on 195 westbound for defective equipment. Officer Lorenco approached the passengers side door and asked the operator for her license and registration. The male passenger opened the glove compartment where Officer Lorenco observed a firearm. Officer Lorenco […]

Press Release Wednesday August 31, 2016 at approximately 7:00pm, a North Street resident called the Mattapoisett Police reporting a loud argument at his next door neighbors house followed by what he believed to be a gunshot. Officers were dispatched to North Street, north of I-195. At the residence, they found that two males, known to […]

PRESS RELEASE MATTAPOISETT: As a result of a month long narcotics investigation the Mattapoisett Police Department executed multiple search warrants resulting in the arrest of John Decosta Jr, age 28, of 1 Driscoll Lane in Mattapoisett. During the investigation Narcotics Officers observed Decosta engage in multiple hand-to-hand drug transactions. In addition, Narcotics Officers conducted multiple […]