Amherst council hears calls to cut police, boost alternative response team

AMHERST — Calls for cutting the town’s Police Department budget nearly in half and using the savings to turn the unarmed community responders department into an around-the-clock operation are again being made to the Town Council.At Monday’s hearing on...

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