Matt Murphy/SHNS With many of its responsibilities set to take effect on July 1, the new Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission created last year to...
By Colin A. Young DEC. 31, 2020…..As the year and legislative session come to a close, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed into law legislation creating...
Michael P. Norton The policing reform bill that grabbed Beacon Hill’s attention midway through 2020 is back on Gov. Baker’s desk, awaiting his expected signature. The...
By Matt Murphy and Chris Lisinski DEC. 1, 2020…..Six months after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, state lawmakers on Tuesday...
By Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 24, 2020…..And on the third day, after sessions that ran for a collective 35...
Katie Lannan State House News Service Less than 20 percent of the people who have applied to have young adult offenses erased from their criminal records...
As the details of a policing reform bill are being debated on and finalized, community activists are pushing for parts of another bill to be inserted....
The Massachusetts Police Association has expressed their concern over a bill that passed Tuesday. Executive Director of The Massachusetts Police Association, James Machado, issued the following...
By Matt Murphy State House News Service JULY 13, 2020…..The Senate overcame a difficult rollout and several false starts to pass a far-reaching reform of policing...
Matt Murphy and Michael P. Norton State House News Service A far-reaching proposal to enhance oversight of police officers and ban the use of certain types...
