March 2014

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently welcomed Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Robert DeLeo and several members of his staff for a tour of the Suffolk County House of Correction.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently hosted a tour for several Afghani delegates in addition to Associate Justice Robert Cordy and Administrative Attorney Pamela Lyons from the Supreme Judicial Court, and Krystal Lance from World Boston – the organization that helped to arrange the visit.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently visited Dr. Loesch Family Park in Dorchester to join Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the Boston Police Department’s Commissioner William Evans and Superintendent In–Chief William Gross, and a host of clergy members, community activists and residents in support of the City of Boston’s new gun buyback program, “Your Piece for Peace.”

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently attended El Mundo Newspaper’s Annual Professional Mixer, held at the Marriott Courtyard in Boston.

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently brought D.A.S.H. (Defensive Aids in Situations of Help), to the Grove Hall Community Center.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently attended Dorchester’s Eighth Annual St. Patrick’s Day Brunch at the Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently visited the Orchard Gardens K–8 Pilot School to observe the “No Books, No Basketball” program and speak to the program’s participants.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins sat in on the dais for the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently visited the New England Center for Arts and Technology (NECAT) to attend their World Showcase. The event served as an opportunity for the culinary arts students to showcase their work by preparing food from various countries and cultures for members of the community. NECAT is a career–directed educational non–profit serving resource–limited adults and youth in Boston, which offers targeted job training for adults and arts programs for youth, to prepare both to obtain career–ladder jobs in expanding and emerging employment sectors.

Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department employee Christina Ruccio recently participated in the Boston TenPoint Coalition’s monthly breakfast meeting at the Twelfth Baptist Church.