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Training

Video: MA Lieutenant Teaches Fellow Officers About Autism

A Massachusetts police lieutenant is on a mission to train fellow officers how to interact with those on the Autism spectrum, like his son.

November 4, 2016

Patrol

MA Agency Encrypts Radio Transmission to Prevent Criminals from Listening In

Beginning Thursday, the Springfield (MA) Police Department will encrypt its police radio transmissions, with the scrambling of messages on private scanners intended to protect officer safety, according to a department spokesman.

November 3, 2016

Patrol

Boston Commissioner Backs Officers After Fatal OIS of Mentally Ill Man

Police Commissioner William B. Evans says two officers had “no choice” but to shoot a mentally ill man who he said was waving a steak knife in his family’s South End brownstone early Sunday morning -- an account vehemently disputed by the man's mother.

November 1, 2016

Special Units

Video: MA State Troopers Honored for Deadly 2015 Gunfight with Cop Killer

The team of troopers who killed a man after he shot and killed an Auburn, MA, police officer earlier this year were honored by the Massachusetts State Police Monday.

October 25, 2016

Patrol

Second Wounded Boston Officer Leaves Hospital

The second of two officers shot in East Boston nearly two weeks ago has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital and transferred to a Spaulding Rehabilitation facility.

October 24, 2016

Patrol

Boston Officer Wounded in Last Week’s Firefight Released from Hospital

One of two Boston Police officers who were shot in East Boston last week has been released from the hospital.

October 20, 2016

Patrol

Man Who Critically Wounded Boston Officers Wanted to Die Famous

Heavily armed and armored gunman Kirk Figueroa, shot dead in Wednesday's firefight in East Boston, told one of his roommates he intended to die famous — right before police say he opened fire with a tactical shotgun, critically injuring two officers before other officers fatally shot him.

October 14, 2016

Patrol

2 Wounded Boston Police Officers Undergoing Further Surgery

Two wounded Boston police officers are undergoing another round of surgeries today, police said.

October 14, 2016

Patrol

Boston PD Identifies Officers Critically Wounded in Wednesday Firefight

Two veterans of the Boston Police Department have been identified as the officers critically wounded late Wednesday night during a shootout with an armed man inside an East Boston home.

October 13, 2016

Patrol

Video: 2 Boston Officers “Extremely Critical” After Firefight at Domestic Call, Suspect Killed

Two Boston police officers were shot and critically wounded in East Boston responding to a fight between roommates last night, leaving both officers in "extremely critical" condition, Police Commissioner William B. Evans said early this morning.

October 12, 2016

Patrol

MA Chief Fired for Allegedly Tampering with Evidence in Misconduct Investigation

According to Theken, Campanello erased the memory of his city-issued phone and suggested someone else in the department stole the phone and tampered with it. City officials later recovered more than 600 deleted texts between Campanello and one of the women.

October 4, 2016

Patrol

MA Court: Black Men Fleeing from Officers Not Grounds for Suspicion

Black men who try to avoid an encounter with Boston police by fleeing may have a legitimate reason to do so — and should not be deemed suspicious — according to a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

September 22, 2016