Local police chiefs say Franklin County is left facing “a learning curve” as local departments face staffing challenges in the wake of police reform measures from 2020.“I think this has hurt the hilltowns a lot,” said Jared Bellows, Charlemont police.
The state’s police reform bill that was signed into law last year and went into effect in July could have long-lasting consequences on the finances and staffing of small-town police departments, according to local chiefs.While all are in favor of the.
LEVERETT An Agawam man has died following a late Sunday afternoon motorcycle crash on Cave Hill Road, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.Craig M. Vosburgh, 46, of Agawam, was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center in.
Motorcyclist injured in Leverett crash
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Published: 5/24/2021 1:08:35 PM
LEVERETT A 46-year-old Agawam man is being treated at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for injuries he suffered in a motorcycle crash on Cave Hill Road at around 5 p.m. Sunday.
According to a press release from the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, the motorcycle the man was riding on the road, which passes by the entrance to the New England Peace Pagoda, went about 20 feet off the road into a soft shoulder.
Officers with the Leverett Police Department performed CPR on the man prior to his transport by ambulance to the hospital.
Wendell applies for state grant for Police Station’s future use
Wendell’s old Town Hall and Police Station. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Modified: 4/18/2021 5:00:03 PM
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WENDELL Having entered an inter-municipal agreement with Leverett last year for that town to provide its policing services, Wendell officials have applied for up to $120,000 in state funding to support using its Police Station at 4 Center St. as a substation for Leverett officers.
After the new policing arrangement began, Leverett Police Chief Scott Minckler said he and Officer William Campbell started cleaning out the Wendell Police Station. Inventory was taken and all police evidence in the building was brought to the Leverett Public Safety Complex at 90 Montague Road. Other items were thrown away, recycled or put in storage.