Photo by Chris Yarzab The City Council voted to not approve the award (Somerville Wire) – For the first time in 10 years, Somerville’s City Council voted to turn down a grant that the Somerville Police Department has routinely received, which would have expanded its traffic enforcement capabilities. Three councilors voted in favor of the […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: FEBRUARY 8, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A meeting to discuss the new Public Safety Building, a preschool and child care financial assistance initiative, and donations from Revolutionary Clinics Articles RESIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT PLANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING An increased police presence does not necessarily make people feel safer ARTIST PROFILE: CHRISTINA TEDESCO Paintings, drawings, and illustrations that tell a story […]
RESIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT PLANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
An increased police presence does not necessarily make people feel safer (Somerville Wire) – The City of Somerville, together with the Capital Projects Division of its Department of Infrastructure and Assets Management that oversees construction of all City-owned buildings, is advancing a Public Safety Building project, an idea that has been in discussion for a […]
A WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MASS
“We don’t go into things looking to file lawsuits, but when we feel like people have not followed the law, we challenge them.” A judge excoriated Worcester for its unlawful three-year campaign to keep police misconduct records secret from a local newspaper, writing in a recent ruling that a city lawyer attempted to mislead the […]
JUSTICE FOR FLAVIA PRODUCES NEW MODEL MOU FOR SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS
The document causes officials and community members to ask, what should the role of police be in schools? (Somerville Wire) – Justice for Flavia, an organization that was established in the aftermath of a case where Somerville Public Schools called police on a 6-year-old boy, released a model MOU for school districts and police departments, […]