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Mass. State Police's new mass surveillance tool is raising alarm bells for civil liberties advocates around the state.
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Misconduct records for Gary Poehler, who has agreed to permanently leave law enforcement, also allege he used his truck to intimidate an officer who...
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Almost every local agency has left an anti-terrorism partnership with the FBI. With President Trump attempting to leverage it to stifle dissent, records show...
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Maysoun Batley maintains she did not spit on a state police officer during the university’s 2024 Gaza solidarity protest crackdown. But two years of...
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"There's a line between peaceful protest and interfering or assaulting police officers," Gagne said of Etel Haxhiaj, who responded to an ICE abduction in...
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An independent report recommended terminating two officers over misconduct during an arrest. In one of her last acts as police chief, Jody Kasper disagreed.
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The revelations come a day after the City Council rejected the huge raises for the city’s top cops.
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Is pairing police with mental health professionals actually improving outcomes for western Mass residents experiencing crises?
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A week before she lost reelection, Roxann Wedegartner gave raises to the city’s top cops. They went into effect her last day in office.
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The city's insurer will pay an Amherst resident who alleged Northampton police beat and pepper-sprayed him during a wellness check in 2019.
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Want to know what weapons police are stockpiling in your town? Prepare to put up a fight.
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Capt. Manuel Reyes’ resignation came shortly before an outside investigation concluded he violated sexual harassment polices and other rules.
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In July, a judge slammed a Northampton police officer’s conduct in an OUI case as “anathema to the fair and impartial administration of the...
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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would reexamine harsh and mandatory prison sentences, potentially impacting 1800 of the state's longest serving incarcerated people.
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Three of Eric Matlock's claims against the NPD survived summary judgement, including that Chief Kasper trained officers to make "unlawful arrests."
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The protest came after The Shoestring published video of police tackling and pepper-spraying a 60-year-old woman.