Hingham Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association

10/28/2025

Our Fall meeting topic was Scams, Elder Fraud, & A.I.. Thank you to Hingham Police Detective Sergeant Phil Emmott and Officer Lisa McCracken for spending the time with our group, explaining current scams, and answering all of our questions!

It was also an excellent experience to have our first regular meeting in the training room of the new station!

08/22/2025

This week we had our annual cookout. This year besides mingling with fellow alum and some of the men and women of the Hingham Police Department, we also were given a tour of the new Public Safety Building.

03/12/2025

Alumni members: now is the time to reach out to your friends and family to apply for class!

The Hingham Police Department has been holding our Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA) since 1996.  It is the longest running program in the state, and has served as a model program for other departments throughout New England.  The Academy is 10 weeks long, and covers a variety of topics and activit...

02/25/2025

The Hingham Citizens Police Academy Alumni were honored to have as our guest speaker at our most recent meeting Somerville PD Retired Detective Mario Oliveira. On November 2, 2010, Detective Oliveira was shot six times at point blank range while serving an arrest warrant and unfortunately his injuries ultimately resulted in his retirement. Since then Detective Oliveira has dedicated his time to educating and assisting Police departments & law enforcement officers and their families on the inherent dangers of police work and how to cope with the tragedy of being seriously or fatally injured in the line of duty.

Detective Oliveira is the President and Co-Founder of the Violently Injured Police Officers Organization which is not only a resource for injured officers but is also looking to raise awareness and generate legislature to support the cause.
https://vipo911.org/

Detective Oliveira documented his story in the book Gunrunner which is also in the process of being made into a movie.
https://www.burningbulbpublishing.com/gunrunner

Thank you for your presentation, your service, and your continued efforts to help your fellow officers Detective Oliveira.

08/13/2024

Last night we had our annual cookout. Though we had some unexpected rain to deal with we still had a good time mingling with each other as well as some of the men and women of the Hingham Police Department.

07/02/2024

Tonight's topic for our meeting was the Plymouth County Comfort Dog program. Guest speakers Jennifer Cantwell, Community Engagement Coordinator, Plymouth County District Attorney's Office; Wareham Police Department Juvenile Detective Karl Baptiste & Lexi; and Hingham Police School Resource Officer Tom Ford & Opry HPD provided background information about the program, examples of the situations the dogs are brought into, and why are the best and deserve all the belly rubs!! (We mighta adlibbed that last part!?)

06/28/2024

Recently Class #65 graduated, ending their 10 week commitment to learning about the operations of the Hingham Police.

Thank you to guest speakers Hingham Police Deputy Chief Ryan O'Shea; Joe Fisher, Town of Hingham, MA Select Board Chair; and Patrick O'Connor .

04/06/2024

At our most recent meeting we were introduced to Hingham Police Ofc. Ashley Duff who is our SNAP (Special Needs Athletic Partnership) Liaison Officer (not pictured), got a visit from Opry HPD (not pictured), got to meet Scituate PD's new comfort dog Blue and his partner Ofc. Taylor Billings, and got a presentation from Hingham Police Drone Unit Pilots Ofc. Kevin Nguyen & Sgt. Philip Tracey.

12/07/2023

09/27/2023

This week we had Hingham Police Detective Sergeant Philip Emmott present to the Alumni on the topic of Scam Awareness. He covered some of the current common scams and how citizens can protect themselves from being victimized by a scammer.

Some basic Red Flags to look for are:

-- Legitimate businesses don't accept gift cards as payment.

-- Government agencies don't call warning of emminent arrests.

-- If you're coached "no to tell anyone else about this."

Whether it is an email, a phone call, or someone knocking on your door ... if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And you can always call the HPD to report an attempted scam.

08/23/2023

Thank you to the Hingham Police for joining the Alumni for our annual cookout, actually doing the cooking, and providing us with an up close and personal demonstration of the newest element of the HPD, the Drone Unit.

And a special thank you to the Hingham Maritime Center for allowing us to have our event in their beautiful location!

08/11/2023

Alumni members -- check your email for details about our upcoming cookout! Hope to see you there!!