Fired police officers can often get their jobs restored through a process called arbitration, which experts say favors police unions and fired officers.
By Adam Swift It was a mayoral showdown at Monday night's City Council meeting. Current Mayor Brian Arrigo and former mayor and City Councillor-at-Large engaged in a sometimes heated discussion over Rizzo's ongoing efforts to garner information about police misconduct and settlements since 2017. The council eventually entered into executive session to discuss several of
The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission suspended the exams over a 2009 lawsuit brought forward by the police unions claiming the exams discriminate against.