Lowell Police Superintendent Greg Hudon advised the City Council's Public Safety Subcommittee during its Tuesday night meeting that the department’s body-camera program is now fully operational.
LUNENBURG State Sen. John Cronin and state Reps. Michael Kushmerek and Margaret Scarsdale recognized Lunenburg Police Chief Thomas Gammel after he was named president of the Central Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association (CMCPA).
Fitchburg’s Trick or Treat Main Street was attended by waves of costumed kids – and adults – as the wide-open, closed-down street allowed the community to congregate together comfortably in the middle of the city for Halloween in 2023.
It’s said you never get a second chance to make a first impression, which in the case of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, means it has its work cut out to restore confidence in its police-accountability mission.
Fitchburg Police Chief Ernest Martineau was OK with the idea of increased transparency into police departments after the state Legislature passed a police reform bill at the end of 2020, but a recent list of officer disciplinary records has left police officials like Martineau “disappointed” in how parts of the process have unfolded.