Records obtained under new Mass. law show Holyoke police dismiss nearly all civilian complaints

An investigation by New England Public Media found that only in a few cases do civilian complaints of police misconduct result in disciplinary action. This comes after a 2020 sweeping police reform law clarified that law enforcement misconduct investigations were not “personnel records" but rather public records.

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