Healey says Massachusetts "not a sanctuary state," but law prevents police from enforcing ICE detainers
Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.
Former Boston Police officer who secretly filmed nude child banned from police work
A former Boston Police officer who pleaded guilty to secretly filming a naked child was permanently banned from working in ...
Mass. lawmakers file bill that would empower state, local police to hold dangerous migrants for ICE
A pair of Massachusetts lawmakers are advocating for measures that would empower state and local law enforcement agencies to ...
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Police arrest Fitchburg, Massachusetts man accused of masked armed bank robbery in Leominster, Massachusetts
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Massachusetts State Police and police officers from Fitchburg, Gardner and Westminster helped assist them in making the arrest.Lopez's court date has not yet ...
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Man walking on Massachusetts Turnpike in Grafton struck and killed
GRAFTON — A pedestrian on the Massachusetts Turnpike was struck ... near footprints leading to the turnpike, according to state police. The incident occurred about 7 p.m. on the eastbound ...
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Cops are only as good as the training they get, and in Massachusetts it’s a mixed bag
Those programs currently are presided over by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee, a state agency that, according to an audit released late last month, has been delivering ...
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Uxbridge Public Schools superintendent accused of DUI, going 100 mph on I-495, state police say
The Uxbridge Public Schools superintendent is facing DUI charges after going 100 mph on Interstate 495 and nearly causing a crash, according to Massachusetts State Police. Michael Baldassarre ...
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Mass. officials digest new federal immigration policies and threats of prosecution
"Cooperation by my administration through the state police, by other local law enforcement, in Massachusetts, will continue with federal authorities and that's always been the case," the governor ...
Arrests said to put kink in Mass., Vermont drug pipeline
SPRINGFIELD — City police and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made a dent in the ...
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Police, POST commission reach settlement
(SHNS)–The state’s policing oversight commission must pay $30,000 under a settlement agreement reached with law enforcement ...
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RI troopers went to DC for the inauguration. Here's why they were there and who paid for it
In line with a long tradition, a group of state police troopers assisted with security in Washington D.C. on Monday for President Donald J. Trump's inauguration. A contingent of 23 troopers helped ...
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Missouri lawmakers will once again consider state takeover of St. Louis police
Newly minted Gov. Mike Kehoe, a Republican, has said state control of St. Louis Police is one of his priorities, putting new momentum behind the push. Under the two proposals, the department would ...