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About a dozen
store owners and clerks followed up on an opportunity to learn about store
safety from Fall River Police
Department officers at a retailer
training held at Heritage State Park on February 16, 2012. The
training session followed an invitation
by Sergeant Andrew J. Crook to all Fall River retailers
to attend a session where items have been deemed in violation of state law
because they constitute drug paraphernalia would be described. These items
include glass tubes which often encase a rose, pen or incense; Chore
Boy steel wool; water pipes (bongs); glass
smoking pipes; digital and handheld scales; glassine stamp bags; handheld
marijuana grinders; and small compartment hides. The session
also included information on how store owners and clerks can reduce their
potential for hold-ups by taking certain measures such as uncovering store
windows, providing a safe to store their cash and methods for more
accurately identifying thieves. Click
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(Top row, left) Tobacco Control coordinator Marilyn Edge greets Fall River Police Detective Larry Ferreira at the Heritage State Park Visitors' Center. (Top row, center and right) Officer Kevin Bshara sets up the PowerPoint presentation before inviting store clerks to come and look over the various types of drug paraphernalia that have been found in local stores. (Middle row) Various types of crack pipes and drug paraphernalia such as Chore Boy steel wool, baking soda, and baggies is displayed along with TIPS signs giving information about how to anonymously pass crime-related information to the police. (Bottom row) Detective Ferreira talks with store clerks about ways they can reduce holdups at their facilities by doing things like keeping store windows uncovered with advertisements so they can be seen from outside the store. |
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