Aiming to find compromise with Gov. Charlie Baker over police accountability and oversight, Massachusetts state senators agreed Monday to scale back restrictions they had sought to put on the use of facial recognition software by law enforcement and to limit the influence of a civilian led commission over police training.
The newest version of the police reform legislation emerged in the Senate in the late afternoon Monday and passed. With the House in session Tuesday, a spokeswoman for Baker said the governor would sign this new version if the House goes along with the changes made by the Senate, NBC Boston reports.





