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Worcester council committee OKs crime forecasting report, further public airing of the technology
WORCESTER At a City Council subcommittee meeting Monday night, residents continued to voice concerns over the proposed purchase of crime forecasting technology for the Police Department.
Some residents, including several who represented neighborhood crime watch groups, called in to the Public Safety Committee virtual meeting to support the city s proposed use of ShotSpotter Connect technology, but for more than two hours, many residents criticized the technology, and took issue with how it was presented to the City Council two weeks ago.
The committee voted 3-0 to approve the report Monday, but did not make a recommendation to the full council on whether the city should move forward with the program. The committee voted on orders to arrange meetings on the program with community groups and to have it presented at a citywide crime watch meeting.
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A.J. “Beast” Stephens and La Toya Bentick, co-founders of Beast Em Basketball Training Academy in Framingham
The yet unnamed basketball team is owned by Beast Em Basketball Training Academy of Framingham, a nonprofit co-founded by longtime student basketball coach A.J. “Beast” Stephens and La Toya Bentick, the nonprofit’s president.
Stephens will oversee the new team as its president and general manager, according to Stephens. Worcester resident Bruce Marchand will serve as the team’s head coach.
The new team has recruited Worcester Bravehearts director of production Donald Porcor Jr. to serve as community relations and game day operations director.