Watertown Area COVID-19 Task Force makes masks available free to the public

To help slow the spread of COVID-19, the Watertown Area COVID-19 Task Force is making cloth masks available to the public free of charge at several city buildings.  The mask distribution will begin today, Wednesday, January 13th, 2021.  ...

New Mental Health Officer Program

Watertown police officers are frequently called to incidents where people are in a mental health crisis or suffer from substance abuse and addiction. From September 2019 to September 2020, WPD Officers responded to 368 mental health related calls. &nb...

Online Pet Sales Scam

The Watertown Police Department received some information from the Watertown Regional Airport and we would like to inform the community about a scam that has been occurring not only in our area but all over the United States.

Internet scammers are now usin...