POLICE

Since early March, state police have had to answer calls in Greenfield, Mass., between 3:00 and 7:00 a.m.

Friends and family of Miguel Estrella gathered Sunday in Persip Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to remember 22-year-old Miguel Estrella, who was fatally shot by a city police officer a year ago.

The Springfield City Council on Tuesday Night held another meeting related to policing. For about an hour, it received updates on how the city’s police department is working to abide by a consent decree with federal authorities. It also heard from the chair of the police commission, who said the panel needs more resources.

A new true-crime podcast called Up Against the Mob features Springfield's notorious mobsters who surrounded Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno, as well as the voices of prosecutors, cops, journalists and others who were involved after Bruno was killed.

Officials in Holyoke this week debated how best to move forward after an independent audit released last month found the police department poses a “substantial risk” to the city.

According to prosecutors, members of the Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit and the Springfield Police Department responded around 2 a.m. to reports of a 48-year-old man behaving aggressively and possibly carrying a gun at MGM Springfield.

A newly released independent audit of the Holyoke Police Department finds the HPD poses a “substantial risk” to the city it serves.

Mayor Joshua Garcia has broken his silence about an NEPM investigation that revealed the city’s police department almost never disciplines officers whom civilians accuse of wrongdoing.

A 2020 report from the Department of Justice said the Springfield, Massachusetts, police improperly handled the investigation of officer misconduct

A decade of civilian complaints against Holyoke police shows that of the 92 times an officer was named, the department upheld those allegations only three times. NEPM obtained the records after a sweeping police reform law in Massachusetts opened up law enforcement misconduct investigations to greater public scrutiny.