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Baker signs landmark policing reform law
By Colin A. Young DEC. 31, 2020…..As the year and legislative session come to a close, Gov. Charlie Baker on…
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Governor Baker expected to sign revised police reform bill
Michael P. Norton The policing reform bill that grabbed Beacon Hill’s attention midway through 2020 is back on Gov. Baker’s…
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Massachusetts police reform bill sent to Governor Baker after passage in House and Senate
By Matt Murphy and Chris Lisinski DEC. 1, 2020…..Six months after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis…
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Man accused of sex trafficking several victims between Massachusetts, Rhode Island, other states
BOSTON – A Woonsocket, R.I. man has been charged with trafficking victims to engage in prostitution. Ronald Hall, 48, was…
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Massachusetts House approves police reform bill on 93-66 vote
By Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 24, 2020…..And on the third day, after sessions…
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Fall River police conclude use of force was justified in arrest of student
Fall River police have released the following statement concerning the incident that took place at RPA. On Thursday May 2,…
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UPDATE: Middleboro abduction story untrue
UPDATE: MIDDLEBOROUGH — Chief Joseph Perkins reports that the Middleborough Police Department has determined that a woman’s story about an…
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Fall River Crime and Gang Task Force nets shooting, drug arrests
Fall River Police have issued an update on the work accomplished by a new joint task force. Beginning on Friday…
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