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JOB POSTING:

SOUTHBOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

The Town of Southborough Police Department is seeking a full-time Communications Officer.  Must be available and willing to work nights, weekends, holidays. Experience preferred in handling telephone, radio, police, fire and medical emergency calls. This position requires experience in a public safety communications center.  Must be a  high school graduate, have a clean record and dependable transportation. Computer skills are required. Starting salary under the current SEIU contract is $17.02/hr with full benefits and uniform allowance. Applications are available at Southborough Police Dept.,19 Main St., Southborough, MA 01772.  Completed applications to be submitted to Police Chief Jane T. Moran in a sealed envelope by October 11, 2011.       EOE.

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NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOME CRIME PREVENTION INFORMATION:
CRIME PREVENTION INFO

809 AREA CODE SCAM
Periodically, e-mails warning of a scam involving calls from the 809 area code circulate. The e-mails contend that there has been fraud associated with unscrupulous pay-per-call operators in that area code. However, the message contains some misinformation, especially the highly exaggerated cost of a phone call to the 809 area code, which is a legitimate area code for the Dominican Republic. Fortunately, this scam is less prevalent in recent years as a result of work done by AT&T to eliminate access to fraudulent pay-per-call operators.

This long distance phone scam causes consumers to inadvertently incur high charges on their phone bills. Consumers usually receive a message telling them to call a phone number with an 809, 284 or 876 area code in order to collect a prize, find out information about a sick relative, etc. The caller assumes the number is a typical three-digit U.S. area code; however, the caller is actually connected to a phone number outside the United States, often in Canada or the Caribbean, and charged international call rates. Unfortunately, consumers don't find out that they have been charged higher international call rates until they receive their bill.
For more information, please click on the following link from AT&T:
809 AREA CODE SCAM INFO.


SOUTHBOROUGH POLICE CONFIDENTIAL TIP LINE
THE SOUTHBOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS A CONFIDENTIAL TIP LINE. THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THIS LINE IS 508-485-2121, ASK FOR EXTENSION 600. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR NAME OR TELEPHONE NUMBER.


MASSACHUSETTS MOVE OVER LAW*
*M.G.L. Ch. 89, Sec. 7C.
WHEN AN EMERGENCY OR MAINTENANCE VEHICLE IS STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT LANE, OR SLOW DOWN IF CHANGING LANES IS NOT POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN A FINE UP TO $100. SHOW ROAD RESPECT AND OBEY ALL ROAD SAFETY LAWS.
For More Information Visit: www.mass.gov/safety/moveover


 

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