It has been a lively week since we published "Real Troopers & Beeper Days," our latest feature about law enforcement improprieties subtitled, "Consultants told Mass State Police how to avoid turmoil. The department ignored the advice … [Read more...]
REAL TROOPERS & BEEPER DAYS
Image via the Leslie Jones Collection / Boston Public Library Consultants told Mass State Police how to avoid turmoil. The department ignored the advice and spent the following two decades spiraling toward boundless corruption. “The … [Read more...]
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED
News broke this morning, via the Department of Justice US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, that “former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM) [Dana Pullman] and the union’s former … [Read more...]
CASE OPEN (A FIRE SALE FOLLOW-UP)
Connecticut high court ruling opens up Mass gun seller to Newtown lawsuit Despite being home to a number of firearm makers and gun sellers with whom weapons of war originate, Massachusetts isn’t often mentioned in the wake of massacres … [Read more...]
RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS
Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent At the county lockup in Northampton, corrections officers have been involved in a number of violent altercations with inmates over the past two … [Read more...]