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With police brass ignoring some recommendations last year, critics call the spending a "waste of money."
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See Something, Say Something #24: Axon representatives appeared alongside Chicopee's acting police chief at the Globe's "Tech Innovation Summit" in June
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In Massachusetts and across the country, a movement is growing around the demand to kick Flock — and other license plate readers — out...
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At least 15 police departments in the Connecticut River Valley have used the company Flock Safety’s controversial surveillance tech, records show. But it’s not...
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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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Meet FIGG, the controversial forensic technology behind the DA's offer of free ancestry tests.
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Leyden's former police chief is now facing charges. But town residents have been working on reform for years.
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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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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...