The Boston City Council approved a new five-year contract between the city and its largest police union, an $82 million deal that includes a 9% raise in salary and significant reforms around officer discipline, overtime and paid details.
The city’s new police contract opens the door for civilian flaggers to take on paid detail assignments, now held exclusively by BPD officers, but officials indicated that those lucrative roles will likely go to retired police officers.
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration announced yesterday that it will award a total of $350,000 to help municipalities plan to remove aging dams across Massachusetts. Officials say the dams, many of which no longer serve their original purpose, pose hazards to both humans and wildlife.
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