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The Greenwich Police Department offers a ride-along with a Greenwich Police Officer as part of its upcoming Citizen's Police Academy. To get a taste of what that might be like, Greenwich Citizen reporter Anne Semmes rode along recently with Police Officer Bob Ferretti. "The best part about the Citizen's Police Academy," Ferretti says, "is that it makes all the graduates another set of eyes or ears for the police department." Photo: Anne W. Semmes -
Before she could ride in a police car, Greenwich Citizen's Anne Semmes was equipped with a bulletproof vest - after signing a waiver acknowledging that a "Patrol Ride-Along" is an "inherently dangerous activity." Photo: Contributed Photo -
Greenwich Police patrol cars have a "Mobil Detail Terminal" screen with built in GPS system that shows a listing of service calls and where police cars are in Greenwich. Photo: Anne W. Semmes -
A quiet Friday night was interrupted by reports of a sick and likely rabid raccoon. Here that raccoon makes its way down the middle of Riverside Avenue - followed by the Greenwich Police Department patrol car containing Greenwich Citizen's Anne Semmes. Photo: Anne W. Semmes -
Officer Bob Ferretti received a report of a sick raccoon in Riverside. It would be his job to put the animal down, "Not my favorite call," he says, "but I want to deal with it to protect the public." He spots the raccoon and gets the .22 caliber rifle from the trunk of his car. He disappears into the dark after the raccoon. One shot rings out, then another. Then he lifts the dead raccoon, above, with an extension pole, places it into a garbage bag and then a box to be taken to the town dump. Photo: Anne W. Semmes
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