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By Michael Cronin Staff Writer   Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Mary Fountain will become Rockport s first female police sergeant next month. Courtesy photo/Rockport Police Department
ROCKPORT â A Rockport Police officer is making history.
Mary Fountain is the town s first female police sergeant. She was appointed to the position Tuesday night by selectmen.
She will replace Sgt. James Hurst, who is expected to retire by the end of the year.
Fountain has been with the Rockport Police Department since April 2017, starting as an intermittent officer and later brought on full-time. She is best known around town as the department s elder affairs officer in addition to being a patrol officer. Fountain also serves as a background investigator, a certified sexual assault investigator, a certified bicycle officer, and an officer-in-charge.
Courtesy photo/Rockport Police Department featured
By Michael Cronin Staff Writer   Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Mary Fountain will become Rockport s first female police sergeant next month. Courtesy photo/Rockport Police Department
ROCKPORT â A Rockport Police officer is making history.
Mary Fountain of Peabody is the town s first female police sergeant. She was appointed to the position Tuesday night by selectmen, and is slated to start in her new role on Jan. 10.
She will replace Sgt. James Hurst, who is expected to retire by the end of the year.
Fountain has been with the Rockport Police Department since April 2017, starting as an intermittent officer and later brought on full-time. She is best known around town as the department s elder affairs officer in addition to being a patrol officer.
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