Reading Police to Wear Special Patch and Shirts to Honor Veterans This November 

READING — Chief David Clark is pleased to share that Reading Police will be wearing special patches to show support for veterans throughout the month of November. 

Reading Police will be wearing commemorative patches through November in support of Home Base, an organization dedicated to helping veterans and their families. Officers who served in the military will be wearing patches that denote the branch for which they served.

Reading Police will be wearing commemorative patches and offering them to the public through November in support of the Home Base fundraiser. (Photo Courtesy Reading Police)

Dispatchers and other civilian department members will be wearing special t-shirts in support of the fundraiser. 

Additionally, the Department is selling Veteran patches for $10. Those who wish to obtain a patch can either send proof of donation through the Reading Police Department page on Home Base’s website or a check made out to Home Base with a self-addressed envelope to the Reading Police Department, 15 Union St., Reading, MA 01867, to the attention of Officer Kristen O’Shaughnessy. Officer O’Shaughnessy will mail the patch or patches back to those who request them. 

Reading Dispatchers Joe Pagnotta and Chris Finnegan. wear a special shirt in support of the Home Base fundraiser and in recognition of veterans. (Photo Courtesy Reading Police)

About Home Base 
Home Base is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Veterans and their families through direct clinical care, wellness, education, and research. Since 2009, the organization has served over 35,000 Veterans and their family members and has trained over 85,000 clinicians nationwide.  

To learn more about Home Base, visit their website here.