BINJ

Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

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BINJ ED DIRECTOR DISCUSSES STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION ON BLOOMBERG RADIO

  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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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THE NEW POLLUTANTS

  A growing body of research suggests that, in and around traffic, what you can’t see may be killing you Every rush hour, thousands of cars belch out an invisible fog. Whenever a piston fires, a tire spins, or a car brakes, tiny flecks … [Read more...]