A reporter’s fight to learn more about harassment in a small town’s police department
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SMALL TOWN SWAT TEAM: A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE ‘MILITARIZATION OF MAYBERRY’ IN MASS
An analysis of hundreds of pages of police records shows that small town police departments are amassing enormous arsenals, use SWAT in ways that go beyond their original mission, and are sometimes unable to properly select and train officers.
FRONT AND CENTER: RACE PLAYS INTO THE BOSTON MAYORAL ELECTION IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU REALIZE
While both candidates have positioned themselves as the best choice for addressing racism in a city that is 53 percent people of color, their outlooks on related issues and strategies regarding how to fix things differ substantially.
GUEST MEDIA FARM: HOW NOT TO REPORT ON POLICE BRUTALITY
LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLEASE: ON POLICE CERTIFICATION
Everyone from architects to barbers needs to be licensed in Mass—should police have the same standard?