Holliston Police to Promote Fifth Sergeant

The has undergone major changes in the past year in a half. In February 2011 John Moore was appointed Chief of Police, a year later Shawn Moore was promoted to Lieutenant.

Now, the department has two officers with the training to be sergeants and in the coming months one of them will be promoted as the department’s fifth member at that rank.

By increasing the number of sergeants, the department will be able to have a trained and certified leader working every shift. Currently the department uses an “Officer in Charge” when they are unable to provide coverage.

“I think we’re better suited as a community and a department if we can have a supervisor on every shift,” Moore said.

Moore also said that do to the agreement made with the union the town will need to pick one of the two trained officers within the department, a move which selectmen said will expedite the process.

Whichever officer is promoted will begin soon after the appointment; the second officer