FPD Junior Police Academy with MA State Police Helicopter!

Thank you Massachusetts State Police for flying your amazing AIR 3 Helicopter into Fitchburg's Historic Crocker Field for our FPD Junior Police Academy today!
This thing is a $6M machine... carries 183 Gallons of fuel and burns 1.1 Gallons per minute... 623 HP with dual engines...a spotlight with 30M candlepower! maximum travel speed is about 170 knots/220MPH
The Air Troopers answered questions from the Junior recruits....and let us check it out...but NO touching! =D
The Chief even brought in Juniper Farms Ice Cream for the occasion as you can see modeled by Lt Howe🍧 😍

Become a Fitchburg Police Officer!

Serve your community with Pride, become a Fitchburg Police Officer! Sign up to take the exam by February 5th, 2019 to avoid the late fee. Municipal police officer exam will be on March 23rd, 2019
You must be a US Citizen, HS Diploma or GED, be between 19-31 years of age, & must reside in Fitchburg between 3/23/ to 3/23/19.

Civil Service examination schedule

Police, correction officer and firefighter exams, including entry level, promotional level and military makeup.
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/civil-service-examination-schedule?fbclid=IwAR0GwcUA6F7jVPb6eTaWBDuTzmEByOQmXvUQOtUqMFIFTdKYOhGZ8Fm2SlU

911 Outage - Fitchburg Emergency Services Numbers

Some communities may still be impacted by the “911 Outage”.
If you need to contact Emergency Services:
Fitchburg Police: (978) 345-4355
Fitchburg Fire: (978) 343-4801
MSP (Leominster) (978) 537-2188
FSU PD: 978-665-3111