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Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni spoke at the meeting about the recent hate speech incident in Southwick.
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The Pittsfield Police Department has launched a pilot program to respond to vulnerable populations and people in mental health crises. Clinicians and plain clothes officers travel together in unmarked police cars, which can deescalate situations.
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The Police Career Incentive Pay Program, or Quinn Bill, offers pay incentives for law enforcement to pursue higher education.
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Researchers found people exposed to police killings are less likely to seek out even basic services from government afterwards.
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Bills dealing with the climate, and guns only have until July 31st to be dealt with by Mass. legislators. The end of formal sessions of the two-year General Court are just weeks away.
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Springfield's police commission took Bigda off the city payroll this week, but stopped short of terminating him from the force.
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Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan has released some of his office's "Brady disclosures." But he is still withholding the names of police accused of criminal offenses.
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The Springfield police have named the officer wounded in a shooting Wednesday night. Nestor Santos — a seven-year veteran of the department — was shot in the leg and face.
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Thomas Dawley has been the interim police chief in Pittsfield since last July after the retirement of former chief Michael Wynn.
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UMass Amherst faculty and librarians voted no confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes on Monday. They said he "created an unsafe environment by summoning a militarized police force" to campus on May 7. More than 130 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested. The Student Government Association passed a similar vote one day after the arrests.