Oak Bluffs Police Department

Terms of Service

Welcome to the official Facebook page of the Oak Bluffs Police Department of Martha’s Vineyard Island, Massachusetts.

The purpose of this page is to present matters of public interest concerning the Oak Bluffs Police Department’s goals, programs, activities, news stories, photos, videos and to disseminate other information and material intended to increase public awareness of, and enhance respect for, the Oak Bluffs Police Department, its members and employees.

We welcome your comments, however, please note this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum.

If you need an official source of information about the Oak Bluffs Police Department please call 508-693-0750.

Comments made by the public to our page will be reviewed, and while comments will not be edited by our personnel, the department reserves the right to remove comments that include:

Comments unrelated to the purpose and topical scope of the page. The page is not meant for comments that do not directly relate to the purpose or topical scope of the page.

Obscenity.
Child pornography.
Incitement to imminent lawless action.
Speech presenting a grave and imminent threat.
Fighting words.
True threats.
Fraud.
Defamation (libel/slander)
Solicitations to commit. or speech integral to, criminal conduct.
Promotion or advertisement of a business or commercial transaction.
Promotion in favor of, or in opposition to, a candidate campaigning for election to a political office.
Copyrighted material (if posted without the copyright holder’s consent).

The Department may take steps to have a comment removed if it falls within one of the foregoing categories.

Also, please keep in mind that this is an internet page on facebook.com. Facebook, Inc. owns and operates facebook.com. It has its own policies and standards concerning what may, and may not, be posted and the actions that it may take with regard to unauthorized posts.

See “Facebook Community Standards” at www.facebook.com/communitystandards/.

The department may also take steps to remove “robo spam” and/or comments by “social bots” (i.e. content posted by automatic software programs, or “bots”) if necessary to ensure access for the general public.

Furthermore, while we encourage debate and discussion, we respectfully request that commenters be mindful that this site is open to the public and that commenters be courteous and civil toward one another.

The Department is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments placed on this site by visitors to this site. Commenters are personally responsible for their own comments, username, and/or any information placed on this page by the commenter.

Please do not report emergencies, or ask for assistance on this page. For police service call 9-1-1.

Thank you.

Department Description:

The Oak Bluffs Police Department is currently comprised of 15 full time sworn officers, 5 year round special officers and 2 civilian employees. We are committed to the problem solving/community policing philosophy and are proud to serve the citizens of Oak Bluffs and our many summer visitors with the highest standards of policing excellence. This department is certified through the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission.