The Mashpee Wampanoag Police Department announced last week that three grants totaling more than $750,000 have been awarded to the department.
The grants come as a housing development on tribal reservation land in Mashpee is expected to increase the calls for service from the tribal police department.
“For the first time in hundreds of years, tribal members are living on [our] own land,” the department said in a December 29 Facebook post announcing the grants. “With the 42-unit housing developme