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Community Services

 

Ride Along Program

The Truro Police Department encourages community involvement in the law enforcement process and allows interested citizens to ride as passenger observers with patrol officers. Anyone interested can download the application here.

 

Reassurance Program

 

The Truro Police Department Reassurance Program is designed for seniors in the Town of Truro who lives alone or lives with an ailing spouse or relative. There are currently 18 people on our list. Seniors in the program call The Truro  Police Department each morning before 10:00 a.m. to say hello and let the department know that they are alright. If a call is not received then the dispatcher will telephone the residence. If contact is still not made, a police officer is dispatched to the residence. Anyone wishing to join our program is invited to call the police department at 508-487-8730 to sign up.

Safe Return

The Truro Police Department and the Truro Council on Aging are involved in a program called SAFE RETURN available to the community.  This program is set up to assist those people that have memory impairments such as Alzheimer's. SAFE RETURN is a 24 hour a day database registry operated by Alzheimer's Association.  To register, you or a family member may call the Truro Council on Aging at (508) 487-2462. After you are registered a member of the Truro Police Department will follow up with you and your family.

For more information on SAFE RETURN, please contact the Truro Council on Aging or Communications Supervisor Jade Huber at the Truro Police Department at (508) 487-8730.

 Safe Exchange

The Truro Police Department is pleased to announce two designated areas as "Online Safe Exchange Zone" for buyers and sellers utilizing websites like Craigslist to buy and sell items. If you're completing an online transaction, you can make the exchange in the lobby of the Police Station or in the parking lot on the south side of the Truro Public Safety Facility.  While we recommend that these transactions take place during daytime hours, the lot is well-lit if you need to meet after dark.  Also, the lot has video surveillance at all times. The idea on the "Online Safe Exchange Zone" is to provide a safer place for exchanges and reduce potential fraud or robberies which can be associated with these types of transactions. While available for you to use to complete your exchange, our personnel may not participate or act as official witnesses in the transactions.  Further, Police personnel is unable to give legal advice or allowed to settle disputes between parties involved in transactions occurring at this location.

Here are a few safety tips to keep in mind when conducting such transactions:

  • Only do transactions with local buyers/sellers 
  • Do not go to a transaction alone
  • Make sure a friend or family member is aware of the transaction details
  • Insist on meeting in a public area like our safe transaction zone 
  • Do not go into someone else's house, and do not allow them into yours 
  • Complete the transaction during daylight hours 
  • Be extra cautious when buying or selling valuable items such as vehicles and jewelry 
  • Only use cash or money orders to complete your transactions 
  • Trust your instincts, if it sounds like a scam it probably is 
  • If somebody is not willing to come to the police department to do a transaction it is probably not a legitimate transaction.

Town of Truro Special Event Parking Permit/Plan

The Town of Truro is implementing a parking permit/plan for residents or businesses that will have multiple cars parked for a party or event. The form must be filled out completely and brought to the Public Safety Facility to be approved by the Police Chief and Fire Chief.

Download the form here.  

Prescription Drug Kiosk

The Truro Police Department will collect unwanted household prescription medications.  Truro residents will now have a permanent, free, safe method to dispose of unused or expired prescription or over-the-counter medications. 

NADDI Drug Collection Units were delivered to police departments in Barnstable County, including Truro.  The Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, which programs include water quality and hazardous waste, purchased the units for the departments through grant monies obtained from a private foundation.

The following Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Guidelines Should Be Adhered To:

  • Only household prescription or over-the-counter medications are excepted
  • No business or medical waste is allowed
  • No sharps, mercury thermometers, epi-pens  or needles are accepted
  • The process is completely anonymous and the names and labels may be removed from the packaging
  • This site is for Truro residents only.  All cape police departments now have the same Prescription Drug Kiosk

Telephone Scams

If you're age 60 or older, you may be a special target for people who sell bogus products and services by phone. Click here for more information.

Mass 2-1-1

Mass 2-1-1 online directory is an information resource for emergency food, rent, help to pay your heating and utility bills, mental health counseling, health programs, public health and safety services, child care referrals, job resources, and other help for individuals, parents, and families. Click here for more information.

Code Red

CodeRED is another program run locally by the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office. CodeRED is an emergency notification service utilized by public safety officials to notify residents and businesses by telephone, or cellular phone about emergency situations in your area. The system is capable of sending messages only to specific neighborhoods or the entire community and is only used when emergency situations arise that you should know about. To learn more click here.

File of Life

File for Life

The File of Life is a red plastic envelope, approximately 3 inches by 5 inches with a magnetic strip on the back, in which you place important medical information, such as; medications, medical history, etc. on a standardized form. The File of Life is then placed on the front of your refrigerator door. This information will assist responding personnel with a previous medical history, medications, allergies, and other related information. A completed File of Life worksheet could save your life or that of a family member. 

The file of Life forms, holders, and additional information is available at the Truro Public Safety Facility.

Firearms License Fees: The license fee is as follows:

  • DEALERS (including gunsmiths)………......................$100.00
  • LICENSE TO SELL AMMUNITION………...............$100.00
  • FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION CARD (FID)….........$100.00
  • LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS…………………..$100.00
  • LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS (LE OFFICERS)..$100.00
  • PERMITS TO PURCHASE……………………………$100.00
  • NON-RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT ALIENS.....$100.00
  • RESIDENT ALIENS…………………………………...$100.00

Firearms Licensing Hours: Wednesdays 8 am-3 pm and Thursday 8 am-noon or by appointment. 

Alarm/Caretaker Information

The Truro Police/Fire Department is attempting to update all information on homes in town that are outfitted with burglar and/or fire alarms. Please mail or email the following form to the Truro Police Department, care of Communications Supervisor Jade Huber, or Administrative Assistant Michelle Thomas so we may update the information. Homeowners without alarms are also welcome to submit the form so caretaker information will be available at the police/fire station.