Plymouth Recognizes Officers Who Responded to Marathon Attacks

Nine Plymouth police officers spent the better part of the week in Boston and Watertown as part of the search for the two suspects.

K-9 offices Marc Higgins and his K-9 Shirley and Jamie Lebretton and his K-9 Kaiser; detectives David Ross and Charles Warnock; Sgt. Scott Vecchi; and officers Greg Maloney, Jonathan Scharath and Jason Higgins, who are members of the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, along with Chief Michael Botieri,  conducted searches, and particpated in the investigation that led to the capture of suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarneav Saturday evening. 

Botieri applauded the work of his officers, and thanked those who stayed in Plymouth to continue policing the community.

Watch the video for Botieri's remarks.

Botieri went told the Boston Globe that the experience was eye-opening:

“These officers and everyone that was there, the special units, they trained for this,” Botieri said. “But this was a little different because it was a terrorist. You add the component of improvised explosive devices, that’s not something we train for on US soil, that’s more military tactics. It was an added danger to the situation.”

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