News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2003

New England Field Division's New Cape Cod Office Opens

Members of the Boston Police Gaelic Column & Pipe Band open the dedication ceremony for the new Cape Cod Drug Task Force headquarters in Barnstable.

Barnstable, MA…The New England Field Division held a dedication ceremony for the new Cape Cod Drug Task Force Office.

Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New England delivered the opening remarks at the recent dedication ceremony for the New Cape Cod Drug Task Force office located in Barnstable, MA. The ceremony was opened by members of the Boston Police Gaelic Column & Pipe Band and the Barnstable Police Department Color Guard.

The dedication ceremony featured West Barnstable Fire Chief John Jenkins, who sang the National Anthem and paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Presentations of photographs for the new office were made by the police chiefs of the Barnstable Police Department, Dennis Police Department, Plymouth Police Department, Provincetown Police Department and the Wareham Police Department. The enforcement efforts of the Cape Cod Task Force were praised by the police chiefs.

Special Agent in Charge Mark R. Trouville delivering the opening remarks at the dedication ceremony for the new Cape Cod Task Force office.

“Positive partnerships is what the task force is all about,” said Special Agent in Charge Mark R. Trouville. “The New England Field Division is committed to working with our task force partners in fighting the scourge of drugs on Cape Cod and the Islands.”

The new office space provides the agents and officers with a modern facility to conduct drug operations and will aid in the enforcement activities on Cape Cod.

Press Contact: Anthony J. Pettigrew, (617) 557-2138

The Barnstable Police Department Color Guard present the colors during the dedication ceremony for the new Cape Cod Drug Task Force.