Community Engagement Events

To date District Attorney Tim Cruz has brought in over 27 million dollars in grant funding for Plymouth County communities. Both inside and outside the courtroom, District Attorney Cruz and his staff are working hard to advocate and raise awareness for the residents of Plymouth County so that they can better protect themselves. 

District Attorney Cruz and his staff routinely conduct Cyber Safety trainings, Drug and Alcohol Awareness programs and Teen Relationship presentations to students and parents, so that they can make smart choices.  Through his Childhood Trauma Initiative, District Attorney Cruz continues to train schools on his “Handle with Care” program and other trauma sensitive practices to better serve children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and those who are drug endangered. Additionally, District Attorney Cruz has created and implemented the Plymouth County Comfort Dogs program which allows comfort dogs to be available to assist not only in their community, but in all communities across Plymouth County.

District Attorney Cruz works to protect seniors in conjunction with the county’s TRIAD programs.  During the pandemic, District Attorney Cruz hosted regular virtual trainings for seniors to get them information and resources on how to protect themselves against scammers.

District Attorney Cruz supports various restorative justice programs and partners with the Plymouth County Sheriff to hold job fairs for those who have been justice involved.

District Attorney Cruz also partners with community groups to address issues such as domestic violence, underage drinking, opioids, and elder abuse in an effort to make Plymouth County a safe place to live and work.

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2026 Community Engagement Events

  • Cocoa & Cram-Rockland High School

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    Plymouth County Comfort Dogs

    Rockland High School Cocoa & Cram 10Our Plymouth County Comfort Dogs were invited to join Rockland High School’s staff for a Cocoa & Cram session. The Cocoa & Cram Session is an opportunity for students to get together in the school library to study for their upcoming midterms. The school provided snacks, drinks and hot cocoa for the students. Our comfort dogs were on hand to allow the students to take a break from the stressors of studying and relax by interacting with the dogs before getting back on track.

    Special thanks to our comfort dog teams: Kinley & Officer Schnabel (Rockland), Blue & Officer Billings (Scituate), Opry & Officer Ford (Hingham), Morgan & Officer Connor (East Bridgewater), Lexi & Det. Baptiste (Wareham) and Nola & Sgt. Harrington (Whitman)

     

     

     

  • The Annual Teddy Bear Toss at Bridgewater Ice Arena

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    Plymouth County Comfort Dogs

    Teddy Bear Toss 5

    District Attorney Tim Cruz and our Plymouth County Comfort Dogs were on hand for a training at the Bridgewater Ice Arena as the Middleboro/Carver/Wareham Sachems took on the East Bridgewater /West Bridgewater/Cardinal Spellman Co-Op hockey team at the annual Teddy Bear Toss Fundraiser Game. Friends and Supporters brought stuffed animals to toss onto the ice. The stuffed animals were collected and will be donated to our area first responders to assist children involved in traumatic events.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Plymouth County Comfort Dogs Presentation and Meet & Greet at St. Bridget’s School, Abington

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    Plymouth County Comfort Dogs

    St. Bridgets 2

    District Attorney Tim Cruz and Hanson SRO Derek Harrington presented on the Plymouth County Comfort Dogs Program to grades 1-5 students and staff at St. Bridget’s School in Abington. After the presentation, students participated in a meet & greet with Harlow, Ziva, Nola and Lainey.