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.
HOLYOKE The city’s police officers and supervisors unions on Tuesday called for At-Large City Councilor Jose Maldonado Velez to publicly apologize for referring to the department as a “gang” or recuse himself from any vote involving the city’s.
HOLYOKE A motorist on Route 202 was killed in a collision Wednesday morning.Officers responded to a report of a vehicle crash at around 8 a.m., Holyoke Police Capt. Matthew Moriarty said in a statement.“The initial caller stated a car and truck.