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.
A decade of civilian complaints against Holyoke police shows that of the 92 times an officer was named, the department upheld those allegations only three times. NEPM obtained the records after a sweeping police reform law in Massachusetts opened up law enforcement misconduct investigations to greater public scrutiny.
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HOLYOKE Meetings of the Holyoke City Council’s ordinance subcommittee are usually muted affairs, occasionally drawing more than just a few members of the public. But anyone on High Street Tuesday evening could see that that day’s ordinance meeting.
HOLYOKE On Nov. 2, city residents will vote to fill seven ward-based seats on the City Council, five of which are contested races. The ward seats are in addition to six at-large seats on the council.Ward 4 covers parts of the Churchill and Downtown.