Massachusetts

Greenfield officials accepted the police department’s recommendations on quickly hiring new officers

The loss of night shift patrols came from a 6% budget cut, drop in staffing and the elimination of a shift

A suspect forcefully grabbed for their service weapons and began punching them in the head, knocking one officer unconscious

The chief said he was forced to make a difficult decision after the department has seen six officers depart and a lack of new recruits

The trooper was hit by a car while he was exiting his cruiser to help with another crash along a road

A 54-page report concluded the officers shouldn't face criminal charges after opening fire on a man who had what appeared to be a real gun near a hospital

A veteran homicide detective discusses his book about a multidisciplinary investigation that started at an arson scene and ended nearly a year later with the case solved, plus he shares some pearls of wisdom for new detectives

Upton police, fire and EMS members and mutual aid partners carried the man out of a wooded area and transported him to a hospital

Following a video of students jumping a teacher and other disciplinary issues, councilors want to see more police and metal detectors in schools

The department needs at least six police officers to staff a midnight patrol, but they currently only have two

"I regret that we have to take this step, but the BPD is in a dire position," Commissioner Michael Cox said

The funding enables the department to engage in social intervention via youth police academy programs and proactive patrols in "hot spots"

After the passerby joined the scuffle to help police, the suspect managed to grab one officer's gun and fire it, with one bullet passing through the Samaritan's sweatshirt

After striking the PD's security door with a chainsaw, the man drove home when police arrived and began "dangling a pair of young children from a window"

“The investment we’re making in these programs today will help create safer communities for years to come.”