The Plymouth Police Department is the police department for Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[20]

Its first headquarters was the Plymouth County Commissioners Building, which is located on South Russell Street.

Plymouth Police headquarters moved to 25 Russell Street in 1968, where they stayed until September of 1995.

Its current headquarters is at 20 Long Pond Road as the police department moved there in September of 1995.

It is located off of exit 5 on Route 3, which is about 40 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts. The headquarters consists of conference rooms, training rooms, storage space and offices.^[23]

In 2021, The Plymouth Police Department received the designation of Accredited Police Department by a unanimous vote of the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission at the semi-annual meeting.

It is one of 90 Municipal and University Police Departments out of nearly 400 in the Commonwealth that has received this designation.

Achieving certification requires an on-site review of 159 standards set by the commission in areas such as policy development, emergency response planning, training, communications, property and evidence handling, use of force, vehicular pursuit, prisoner transportation and holding facilities.

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The Plymouth Police Department is a full-service municipal state accredited agency serving the citizens of "America’s Hometown", Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The town of Plymouth encompasses 104 square miles, making it the town with the largest land area in Massachusetts.

Plymouth has a population of approximately 57,000 people.

The Plymouth Police Department is comprised of 128 sworn police officers who are supported by a staff of 40 civilian employees.

The police department routinely patrols downtown Plymouth, which consists of bars, restaurants, museums, hotels, and a harbor.

In October 2021 Capt. Jamie LeBretton earned the prestigious FBI-Law Enforcement Executive Developments Association award.

The following mission statement comes from the Plymouth Police Department website:

The Plymouth Police Department coordinates with the Plymouth Fire Department, EMS, and the Office of Economic Development in coordinating special events.

Plymouth has been advertised as a tourist community.

The town's growing heroin epidemic was chronicled by the CBS Evening News in 2015. Steps have been taken to reverse this trend. In November 2019, the department held the coffee with a cop program. According to statistic compiled by Plymouth County Outreach, Plymouth had 20 fatal overdoses in 2020, down from 23 in 2019.

The number of overdoses recorded in Plymouth increased from 134 in 2019 to 158 in 2020.

an 18 percent increase.^[16] The information was released as part of Plymouth County Outreach’s annual report for 2020.

Narcan was administered by police, firefighters, paramedics and even friends and relatives of victims at least 830 times.

Of those, 93 percent of the overdose victims survived.^[19]

Chief Michael E. Botieri began his law enforcement career as a Plymouth police officer in May of 1985.

He graduated from the First Municipal Police Officers Class held at the Plymouth Police Academy in December of 1985.

He worked as a uniformed patrol officer until September of 1989, when he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant..As Sergeant, he was assigned to the uniformed patrol division as a patrol supervisor.

In October of 1996, he was promoted to the rank of Captain.

As Captain, he was assigned to the administrative division.

As head of administration, he was responsible to oversee the training division, records division, equipment, procurement, and all auxiliary oervices attached to the Plymouth Police Department.

In 1997, Captain Botieri was assigned to the operations division while continuing to oversee all administrative duties.

In 2000 Captain Botieri was designated as head of the operations division.

His responsibilities included overseeing the uniformed division, dispatchers, detectives division, prosecution division, safety officer, and harbormaster’s division.

Chief Robert J. Pomeroy retired on August 8, 2008, at which time Captain Botieri was named acting chief of police.

On November 18, 2008, acting chief Botieri was appointed as the eighth permanent chief of police for the town of Plymouth.

Chief Michael E. Botieri holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Southeastern Massachusetts University as well as a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Anna Maria College. Chief Botieri is a graduate of the 171st session of the FBI’s prestigious National Academy in Quantico, Virginia as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Executive Development Program. He is an active member of the New England Chapter FBI National Academy Associates and served as President in 2013. Chief Botieri is a former member of the adjunct faculty at Quincy College where he taught several courses in Criminal Justice. Chief Botieri was appointed by Governor Charlie Baker to the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) in 2012,representing Southeastern Massachusetts Police Agencies.

He retired in 2021 after 36 years of service.

Captain Kevin J. Manuel joined the Plymouth Police Department in 2000 as a patrolman.

He was assigned as a mountain bike officer in 2009, and in 2011 was trained and certified as a motorcycle officer and assigned to the MetroLEC Regional Police Force, a consortium of several law enforcement agencies that provide specialist services to the region.

In 2014, he was promoted to Sergeant and worked as a patrol supervisor until 2016 when he was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned as shift commander, responsible for the supervision of all patrolmen in that shift.

Captain Kevin Manuel was promoted to the rank of administrative captain on October 1, 2018 and then to operations captain in December 2018.

As operations captain his responsibilities include the uniform division, detective division, prosecution division,school resource officers (SRO”s),as well as Internal affairs.

He went to Plymouth South High School and Oak Ridge High School in Orlando, Florida.

Captain Manuel is a United States Marine Corps veteran and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice as well as a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Curry College.

Captain Dana A. Flynn began his career with the Plymouth Police Department as a patrolman in May of 1997.

He was promoted to Sergeant in 2001 and worked as a patrol supervisor for four years.

He became police chief in 2021 after the departure of Michael Botieri.

On New Year’s Day 2005 he was promoted to Lieutenant and served as a shift commander in the patrol division.

In the fall of 2015 he was appointed Operations Lieutenant and accreditation manager where he served for four years.

Dana Flynn was promoted to the rank of Captain in January of 2019.

Captain Flynn is assigned to head the administrative division of the Plymouth Police Department.

His responsibilities include overseeing the department accreditation, supervising the training division, records division, fleet maintenance, firearms licensing, equipment and auxiliary services.

The department recieved reaccreditation in 2019 after a lengthy process.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Engineering from Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Western New England College.

In 2009 he earned a second Master of Science Degree in Emergency Management from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

The department has a K-9 unit, a marine unit, mountain bike team, street crime unit and a special response team.

They also have a detective bureau and a patrol force.

They have school resource officers at Plymouth North High School, Plymouth South High School and at the town's two public middle schools. Some of the police officers seen around town are Jason Higgins^[24], Craig Provo and Matthew Macomber. Provo was a standout on the Plymouth High School football team in 1991.^[22] Kevin Furtado worked as a Plymouth police officer for over twenty five years.^[21] Scott Vecchi has worked as a detective for the Plymouth Police Department and is run for numerous political posts in Plymouth County.^[15]