“Please join the members of the Dartmouth Police Department as we wish Officer Paul Arruda a happy and healthy retirement. Officer Arruda began with the DPD in 1993 where he was an intermittent officer for 2 years. In 1995, he was one of the top 3 academically to graduate from his academy class and became a full time police officer where he was heavily involved in the D.A.R.E. program.