Police taking steps to better serve vulnerable and at-risk residents
Alyssa Raxter Courtesy
Published: 3/10/2021 6:20:52 PM
Police Officer Alyssa Raxter recalls a few years ago when the department responded to a report of an elderly woman walking aimlessly along busy Route 11A. The woman told the officer who responded that she lived in Massachusetts but was otherwise vague and seemed confused. The woman agreed to go with the officer back to the police station, where police were able to determine – after an hour of more questioning – she was a local resident who suffered from dementia and had wandered away from her home.