Town of Reading, MA
Joseph Pagnotta possesses extensive experience in public safety and security, currently serving as a Public Safety Dispatcher for both the Town of Reading, MA, since December 2006, and the Town of Concord, MA, since August 2021. Additionally, Joseph has held the position of Tactical Dispatcher at NEMLEC since November 2014. Previous roles include serving as a Security Officer at United Security, Inc. from March 2016 to September 2021, as well as a Security Supervisor at Universal Services of America from January 2014 to March 2016 and at IPC International from May 2003 to January 2014, where responsibilities also included serving as Assistant Director of Security. Joseph's earlier experience includes working as a Park Police Patrolman for the City of Medford from June 2004 to August 2012 and as a Security Officer at S.R. Weiner & Associates from August 2002 to May 2003. Joseph is a graduate of Somerville High School, completing studies there from 1998 to 2002.
Town of Reading, MA
Town north of Boston, MA Reading's original settlers came from England in the 1630's to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Many arrived through the ports of Lynn and Salem. In 1639 some citizens of Lynn petitioned the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for "place for an inland plantation." The General Court granted them six square miles, then an additional four. The first settlement called Lynn Village was on the south shore of the Great Pond, what is now known as Lake Quannapowitt. On June 10th, 1644 the settlement was incorporated by the House of Deputies as the Town of Reading, taking its name from Reading, England. The first church was organized soon after the settlement, and the first parish, later known as South Reading, became Wakefield in 1868. A special grant in 1651 added land north of the Ipswich River to the Town of Reading. This area in 1853 became the separate Town of North Reading. During its early years, the area which is currently the Town of Reading, was known as Wood End, or Third Parish.