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Northampton Police Chief Jody Kasper is accustomed to being the only woman in a room full of men. Kasper started her career in the Northampton Police Department as a bike patrol officer in 1998 before rising through the ranks. She worked as a detective for six years, ran the department’s detective bureau as its lieutenant and was eventually named captain of operations in 2014. After serving . ....
Northampton City Council backs call for new community care department of unarmed emergency responders, urges mayor to follow suit Updated May 12, 2021; Eyeing ways to rethink public safety, the Northampton City Council voted last week to endorse a series of recommendations that, if implemented by the mayor’s office, would change the face of law enforcement in the years to come. At its most recent meeting last Thursday, the legislative body passed a resolution offering support for a slew of recommendations made by the Northampton Policing Review Commission in its final report released in March. The document, titled, “Reimagining Safety,” laid out more than a dozen proposals that aim to shift certain emergency response responsibilities away from law enforcement. ....
‘We’re watching people walk out the door’: Six Northampton police officers have resigned since funding cuts Updated Mar 24, 2021; Facebook Share The resignation of an officer from the Northampton Police Department last week reflects a broader morale problem in a department that has seen nearly 10 officers either laid off or resigned after massive budget cuts were made to the agency over the summer, according to city officials. The number of officers in the department went from 65 to 60 following a vote from the Northampton City Council in June to cut nearly $$883,000 from the agency’s fiscal 2021 operational budget in the wake of calls for changes to the traditional public safety model in the U.S. and a defunding of law enforcement. ....