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Cape & Islands district attorney outlines child‑protection team, fentanyl enforcement results and $1M SIMS grant
Summary
Robert Galloibois, Cape & Islands district attorney, told the board the office has launched a Child Emergency Response Team, pursued expanded human‑trafficking training, maintained a strict enforcement posture against fentanyl trafficking and secured a $1 million grant to expand an overdose‑incident database (SIMS).
Robert Galloibois, district attorney for the Cape and Islands, updated the board on public‑safety and victim‑assistance initiatives including a newly launched child‑forensic response team, expanded human‑trafficking training, an enforcement policy targeting fentanyl traffickers, a seven‑figure grant to expand an overdose‑incident database (SIMS), and a proposed elder‑fraud response package for which the DA’s office is soliciting local support.
Galloibois described the Child Emergency Response Team (CERT), launched about two months earlier and led by Courtney Scalise in the Child Protection Unit. The CERT brings prosecutors, victim‑witness assistants, law enforcement and Department of Children and Families staff together with the local Children’s Cove facility to coordinate forensic interviews and…
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