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MicroBurst Thunderstorm

On August 19,2008 at approximately 3:15 pm the Acushnet Police Department received unconfirmed reports of a severe weather event in the area of RT 105 and Main Street. It was later determined by Allen Dunham of the National Weather Service Forcast Office (NOAA) located in Taunton MA, that the storm the Acushnet area experienced was a straight line microburst (A microburst is a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging divergent and straight-line winds at the surface that are similar to but distinguishable from tornadoes which have a rotating column of air.) The storm had a broken path between 3 and 4 miles with approx a 1/2 mile width. The strongest winds between 80 - 100 mph were located at the beginning of the path and at the end. The path started in the area of the town beach located on Lake St and continued north and then south, south-east towards Perry Hill Rd. This storm created significant damage to trees and some homes, no injuries were reported at this time.

The Acushnet Police Department was forced to close Main St north of Perry Hill Rd including Leonard St, Lake St, Quaker Ln and Robinson Rd after 3:15 until approx midnight the night of the storm. The Acushnet (D)epartment of (P)ublic (W)orks worked throughout the following days to clear storm debris from the roadway.

A full weather report is currently available by clicking this button.

New Officers

On August 4, 2008 the Acushnet Police Department swore in the three newest part time members of our department.

Daniel DeAmaral, Kyla Kuslock and David Sol have all completed a Municipal Police Training Class for Reserve/Intermittent Police Officers. This 120 hour Training for reserve and intermittent police officers was administered by a regional police training organization under contract with the MPTC at the Westport Police Department. This includes the 120 hour Reserve/Intermittent Training Program; Reserve In-Service and Reserve Specialized Programs.

The three newest members will begin an extensive F(ield) T(raining) O(fficer) program. During this time the new police officers will learn from veteran officers policy, procedure, tactics and patrol. It is the goal of the Acushnet Police Department to offer it's residents and visitors the highest caliber of police officer.

The entire Acushnet Police Department would like to welcome Officers DeAmaral, Kuslock and Sol to the Department and wish them continued success!

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