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A black Infiniti Q50 is shown totalled in a police photo, the front smashed in. It's dark outside and a police cruiser can be seen in the background, its lights flashing. A black Infiniti Q50 is shown totalled in a police photo, the front smashed in. It's dark outside and a police cruiser can be seen in the background, its lights flashing.

Investigations

Records reveal alleged misconduct in western Mass sheriffs’ offices

Despite recent transparency reforms, sheriffs in Massachusetts are still able to keep officer misconduct hidden from scrutiny. But newly uncovered documents reveal allegations against...

October 26, 2026
Northampton's downtown newspaper boxes with eyeroll emojis superimposed over them.

Column

Chicopee police, The Boston Globe, and a surveillance tech company walk onto a panel…

See Something, Say Something #24: Axon representatives appeared alongside Chicopee's acting police chief at the Globe's "Tech Innovation Summit" in June

September 4, 2026

Police

“Get the Flock Out”: Western Massachusetts residents push back against automated license plate readers

In Massachusetts and across the country, a movement is growing around the demand to kick Flock — and other license plate readers — out...

 and August 18, 2026
One of Flock Safety's automated license plate readers stands on Route 9 in Hadley. A black, oval-shaped device pointed toward the road, it is connected to a black pole that also has a solar panel above it, pointed toward the sunny, blue sky.

Investigations

Automated license plate readers Flock to western Massachusetts

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...

 and August 17, 2026

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