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New Bedford residents demand city, police department cancel Flock contract
28+ min ago (1645+ words) NEW BEDFORD — More than 100 people gathered Tuesday night at the Casimir Pulaski School auditorium to express privacy concerns over Flock cameras and to demand that city officials remove them from the 20 locations at which they were quietly installed two years…...
Massachusetts Statehouse conferees reach accord on ‘strongest in the nation’ immigrant protections
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (457+ words) Lawmakers in charge of hashing out the details of highly anticipated legislation aimed at protecting immigrants from federal enforcement actions say they have come to an agreement. “As we watch what is happening around our nation, it is critical in…...
Flock furor: Police cameras in New Bedford and South Coast
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1815+ words) New Bedford residents will gather Tuesday night for a public meeting at Pulaski Elementary School to talk about Flock cameras. Also known as license plate readers, they scan every car, make, model, color and license plate that drives by. The…...
Where’s the funding to close Ash Street Jail?
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1240+ words) Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux has been trying to close the Ash Street Jail for years. Why is it taking so long to secure funding? The Ash Street Jail in New Bedford currently houses about 90 inmates. It is also home…...
New Bedford taking on crime evidence after Plymouth sheriff cuts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1503+ words) Dozens of area police officers, including two from New Bedford, are undergoing forensics training this week in response to service cuts by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office. For the past few years, police departments in Bristol County sometimes called in…...
Healey offers guidance to protect students, patients, worshippers from ICE
2+ mon, 19+ hour ago (1025+ words) Massachusetts is guiding schools and colleges on how to deny federal immigration enforcement access to nonpublic areas, advising healthcare facilities on how protect confidential health information, and working with places of worship on ways to interact with officers, as well…...
Former New Bedford employee and police detective pleads guilty to drug charges
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (590+ words) NEW BEDFORD — More than three years after he was charged with theft of city property and possession of drugs, a former police officer turned city maintenance worker has resolved his criminal case. Stephen Greany, 57, pleaded guilty on Friday to three…...
City contesting PTSD retirement of police officer
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1635+ words) NEW BEDFORD — The city is appealing the disability retirement of a police officer who left the force in March for post-traumatic stress disorder. Jacob Oliveira, 38, who served about 14 years with the Police Department, says he has suffered from chronic PTSD…...
Three New Bedford immigrants detained in separate ICE operations
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1039+ words) Federal agents detained three immigrants in New Bedford this week — including the owner of a North End bodega — in three separate operations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents first took Roberto Osório González, 52, a Guatemalan citizen and owner of…...
Retired New Bedford firefighter found guilty of disorderly conduct again
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1276+ words) NEW BEDFORD — A jury found a retired New Bedford firefighter with a long history of arrests guilty of disorderly conduct, the second such judgment against him in six months, and a judge sentenced him to a $100 fine. The jury reached…...