Cohasset Select Board Member Pushes Town Meeting to Approve King Street Safety Building

COHASSET — May 7, 2026 — Cohasset Select Board member David Farag made a floor appeal at Town Meeting urging a yes vote on purchasing the King Street property for a new public safety building. Farag, of 39 Beachwood Street, told Town Meeting members the Elm Street police station — built in 1962 and unrenovated since — predates the state-mandated 800-plus-hour officer training program and all subsequent policing reforms, making it structurally unsuitable for modern operations. He cited the department's central role in the Anna Walsh murder investigation as evidence of institutional integrity earned despite inadequate facilities, and noted that Hingham, Hull, and Scituate are already upgrading their public safety buildings. "Voting no does not result in any financial savings," Farag said, arguing instead that defeat would generate "additional, more expensive problems" for the town.