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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2019

Boston Officer Shot Last Month Released from Hospital, Returns Home

According to the Boston Globe, 29-year-old Officer Mark Whalen was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect—identified as 36-year-old Kasim Kahrim—in the early hours of February 22, 2019.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Dragged by Vehicle Suffers Serious, Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

An officer with the Wellesley (MA) Police Department conducting a traffic stop was dragged by the suspect vehicle for about 15 feet before being able to free himself.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Treated for Exposure to Fentanyl

An officer with the Wareham (MA) Police Department responding to an overdose call was exposed to fentanyl over the weekend.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2019

Boston Officer Wounded in Traffic Stop Gunfight

The vehicle fled the shooting scene, and was located a short time later, Gross said. Inside, officers located the shooter, a man in his mid- to late-30s, dead, Gross said. The man has been identified as Kasim Kahrim, 36, of Dorchester.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Talks Suicidal Man to Safety from 70-Foot Building

According to the Sun Chronicle, Sergeant Jeffrey Peavey—a 32-year-veteran of the force—established a dialogue with the 21-year-old man, speaking with the distraught subject for 45 minutes before convincing the man to retreat from the precipice into safety.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 12, 2019

Massachusetts College Votes to Keep Campus Officers Disarmed

The Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts College of Art and Design voted against a request from its campus police department to carry firearms on campus.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2019

Massachusetts Police Focus Recruitment Efforts on Residents

The Cambridge (MA) Police Department unveiled a new recruiting campaign on Wednesday which focuses efforts on connecting the agency with residents interested in joining the department.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 18, 2019

Jury Awards $500K to Massachusetts Officer in Defamation Suit

A Middlesex Superior Court jury Monday found Curtis W. Schondelmeyer made false and defamatory statements about Frissore when he appeared on a 2014 Fox Undercover Investigates report aired on WFXT-Channel 25 titled “Police Payback?”

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Flown to Hospital Following Single-Vehicle Crash

The officer—who has not been identified—was transported to a Boston-area hospital via MedFlight helicopter out of an abundance of caution.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2019

Boston's Famous "Bullpen Cop" to Retire from the Department

The officer with the Boston (MA) Police Department who was made instantly famous for his unbridled emotional response to a David Ortiz game-tying grand slam in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series is scheduled to retire this month.

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