BREAKING NEWS: A suspicious pakage found by a Greenwich garbage carter this morning.
Lower Greenwich Avenue closed off by the Greenwich Police Department.
A Police dispatcher thanks investigation will conclude in about 10 to 15 minutes.
Lower Greenwich Avenue closed off by the Greenwich Police Department.
A Police dispatcher thanks investigation will conclude in about 10 to 15 minutes.
UPDATE:
Greenwich Police Department has officially concluded it's investigation.
Lower Greenwich Avenue Is Open To Traffic
UPDATE #2
Greenwich Blogger Chris Fountain At
For What It's Worth Is On The Story
These tend to be false alarms, but a reader wrote two hours ago (hey, I was out) that there are bomb squad folks and cops all over the Exit 3 off-amp. I’m sure it’s over now, but does anyone know what that was about? Dave Ridberg hasn’t called to tell me, for some reason.
UPDATE#3
Debra Friedman, STAFF WRITER
Published: 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 2, 2010
Published: 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 2, 2010
A section of Greenwich Avenue was shut down Friday morning after a garbage man alerted police to a suspicious device while clearing trash receptacles along the roadway, police said.
Captain Timothy Berry said police received a call from the worker just after 9 a.m., reporting a suspicious electronic device in the back of his garbage truck....
....."It is still suspicious in nature and we will continue to investigate how it came to be there and ensure it is not a danger," Berry said.
Police re-opened Greenwich Avenue at about 10 a.m. and said the area is safe to travel in.
MORE INFORMATION:
Connecticut has three municipal and one state fully established and equipped Bomb Squads. Stamford is one such department. The Stamford Police Bomb Squad was established in 1962 and currently consists of six certified Hazardous Devices Technicians. The Stamford Police Bomb Squad is a fully equipped and highly trained unit that has the capability to effectively operate multiple hazardous device operations and/or weapons of mass destruction incidents as they may arise.
Responsibilities and services provided by the Stamford Police Bomb Squad:
§ Render safe and/or remove suspected improvised explosive devices, incendiary devices, explosives, explosive chemicals, pyrotechnics and ammunition.
§ Public and private agency management planning for responses to bomb threats, suspicious packages, and improvised explosive devices.
§ Provide for legal, proper and safe transportation, disposal and /or storage of explosives and other items.
§ Provide technical support to special operations.
§ Provide dignitary protection.
§ Conduct bombing crime scene investigations collecting and preserving evidence.
§ Prepare and participate in explosive related training programs.
§ Recover military ordinance
Connecticut has three municipal and one state fully established and equipped Bomb Squads. Stamford is one such department. The Stamford Police Bomb Squad was established in 1962 and currently consists of six certified Hazardous Devices Technicians. The Stamford Police Bomb Squad is a fully equipped and highly trained unit that has the capability to effectively operate multiple hazardous device operations and/or weapons of mass destruction incidents as they may arise.
Responsibilities and services provided by the Stamford Police Bomb Squad:
§ Render safe and/or remove suspected improvised explosive devices, incendiary devices, explosives, explosive chemicals, pyrotechnics and ammunition.
§ Public and private agency management planning for responses to bomb threats, suspicious packages, and improvised explosive devices.
§ Provide for legal, proper and safe transportation, disposal and /or storage of explosives and other items.
§ Provide technical support to special operations.
§ Provide dignitary protection.
§ Conduct bombing crime scene investigations collecting and preserving evidence.
§ Prepare and participate in explosive related training programs.
§ Recover military ordinance
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