Working to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and civil rights. Reforms must address issues in policing including racial discrimination/profiling, diversity, excessive/deadly force and corruption.
Police use-of-force data inconsistent Departments’ statistics vary widely in survey By Matt Apuzzo and Sarah Cohen NEW YORK TIMES AUGUST 11, 2015 WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department surveyed police departments nationwide in 2013, officials included for the first time … Continued
Boston police commissioner wants law to push back on camera-toting cop watchers Officials say filming can cause risks to both officers and community when there is a tense crime scene involved Aug 10, 2015 By Matt Stout | Boston Herald BOSTON … Continued
Walsh, Evans: Police body cameras not the solution Wednesday, August 5, 2015 By: Chris Villani Boston police Commissioner William Evans and Mayor Martin J. Walsh said they are open to a pilot program to put body cameras on police officers but … Continued
Boston City Council to consider body cameras for police By Jan Ransom GLOBE STAFF AUGUST 04, 2015 A proposal to equip Boston police with body cameras — a measure being tried in several major cities in the aftermath of police-involved … Continued
* Decertification or Delicensing of Police Officers happens in 44 states. Massachusetts is one of six states that has no decertification process, including California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and neighboring Rhode Island. Roger L. Goldman, the Callis Family Professor of … Continued
Man tasered by police in Worcester has died Thursday, July 30, 2015 By: Laurel J. Sweet A Fitchburg man who was tasered yesterday after police said he went on a rampage inside a Penny Wise supermarket in Worcester has died. Wilmer … Continued
Court orders Boston police to reinstate fired officer By Edward Mason and Tom Mashberg GLOBE CORRESPONDENTS JULY 22, 2015 A Suffolk Superior Court judge has upheld a decision by an arbitrator who ruled that the Boston Police Department must … Continued
Feds: Terror suspect planned to kill college students, mimic Boston Marathon attack Tuesday, July 14, 2015 By: Joe Dwinell, O’Ryan Johnson The 23-year-old son of a Boston police captain said he wanted to execute “sinful” college students in a massacre similar … Continued
Son of Boston police captain charged in pro-ISIS plot Monday, July 13, 2015 By: Joe Dwinell The family of an Adams man accused today of plotting to bomb a university on behalf of ISIS to kill “sinful” college kids said they … Continued
Cops need to justify ‘stop & frisk’ stops after report finds racial bias Report finds racial disparity Photo by: Arthur Pollock Speaking here is BPD commissioner William Evans. Saturday, July 4, 2015 By: Matt Stout Boston police say they are reworking … Continued