Police accountability

Warning: The video above contains graphic violence and some may find it disturbing to watch. Viewer discretion is advised. A Weymouth police officer is accused of using excessive force and punching a handcuffed man multiple times, the whole incident caught on the officer’s body cameras.  Officer Justin Chappell resigned after being notified by the department that he was facing...

In its first annual report, the POST Commission laid the groundwork for a series of future regulations for police officer conduct, including outlining circumstances when law enforcement personnel might be denied recertification that allows them to do their job. Officially known as the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, the body has already issued regulations tied to the use…

Two more police officers have been suspended by the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. The newly-established POST Commission is a major part of police reform in the state and has said it intends to give updates at the beginning of each month. The three suspensions announced on April 6 bring the total to 24. Domenic Columbo of the…

Three more police officers have been suspended by the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, including a retired Rowley officer who has been charged with rape. The newly-established POST Commission is a major part of police reform in the state and has said it intends to give updates at the beginning of each month. The three suspensions announced Wednesday…

Imagine you have a really important job and you get fired from that job twice for two separate incidents. Should you get the job back? Mayor Michelle Wu fears too many fired Boston police officers get reinstated to the force, and she has a plan to reform police accountability.  A publicly available strategy outlines her willingness to leverage current...

Massachusetts’ new POST Commission, a major part of police reform in the state, on Tuesday released the names of the first law enforcement officers it has suspended.

A Black Massachusetts man has accused the Worcester Police Department of racial profiling, saying he has been stopped by officers dozens of times in the last decade. TJ Juty of Worcester started recording the traffic stops on his cellphone. The videos don’t capture the whole story, but his lawyer, Joseph Hennessey, argues they show enough to counter the narrative...

After more than a year of being paid to stay at home, Boxborough Police Chief Warren Ryder broke his silence on social media. “There is nothing worse than being accused of baseless allegations without the right to due process,” Ryder wrote in a LinkedIn post. “Personality based politics combined with abuse of power is a dangerous reality these days even…

Massachusetts’ new POST Commission, a major part of police reform in the state, on Tuesday released the names of the first law enforcement officers it has suspended.

A new database has been unveiled that aims to make it easier for the public to get information on the police officers who serve their Massachusetts communities, a move officials hope will increase transparency and trust. The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission announced Monday that it has released a list of certified law enforcement officers. This first iteration…

Starting as soon as this week the names of certified Massachusetts police officers will start to be made public, along with information on those officers.  How much information is still under discussion by the Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, Commission. At a virtual public hearing the commissioners heard some strong words on the subject. Annemarie Grant began with...

More than two dozen Massachusetts law enforcement officers did not secure renewed certification under the state’s new police reform law for reasons including possible ongoing disciplinary matters, while more than 200 others were not recertified for other causes, the executive director of a police oversight panel said Tuesday. Through Nov. 16, the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission had processed…

A Worcester District Court judge denied an attempt to dismiss a negligent driving case against Brockton’s former police chief. The criminal case against Emanuel Gomes stems from a three-vehicle wreck he caused in his department vehicle in May 2021. The chief did not receive any citations for the crash, and it flew under the radar for months until an NBC10…

On a cloudy October day, Sgt. Brett Pelley of the Boxborough Police Department emerged from Newton District Court, relieved he would not be facing a criminal charge. The veteran officer found himself in the predicament after his own town leaders asked a clerk magistrate to consider if a criminal complaint should go forward. Outside court, in a brief statement, Select…

Former Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes faced a judge in Worcester District Court on Wednesday, arraigned on a negligent driving charge stemming from a three-vehicle wreck he caused in his department vehicle.

A new candidate has entered the race for sheriff in Vermont’s Franklin County, amid a scandal involving the man who previously received support for the job from both Republicans and Democrats. Mark Lauer, a retired Vermont state trooper and current investigator with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, is mounting a rare write-in campaign for sheriff. “Honesty, integrity, and courage...

Mark Lauer is mounting a write-in campaign against John Grismore, with the endorsement of the party that previously backed Grismore

Two Acton officers who were accused of misconduct by a former high school student have resigned following disciplinary hearings, the town manager and police chief announced Friday. Investigations into officers Tyler Russell and Michael Eracleo after a former Acton-Boxborough Regional High School student reported that they had been the victim of inappropriate conduct by the officers, in separate incidents, when…

A Massachusetts clerk magistrate has allowed a case against former Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes to move forward over a three-vehicle crash Gomes was involved in last year.

A clerk magistrate hearing tied to a police chief’s three-vehicle crash will be opened to the public, following a successful legal argument by the NBC10 Investigators.