Police accountability

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…

Warren Ryder, the chief of the Boxborough Police Department who has been on leave as the FBI looked into alleged payroll irregularities, says he has learned he will not face a criminal indictment.

A Black Worcester man says he has been stopped by police dozens of times in the last decade as a result of racial profiling by the Worcester Police Department.

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…

A new police certification database that will go live this week will allow people to look up any Massachusetts officer’s credentials.

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…

A police sergeant’s paid detail slip did not match the hours he actually worked, but was it a crime?

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 caused a serious three-vehicle wreck in his department SUV in May 2021, but did not receive any citations for the crash — the incident flew under the radar for a year until it was uncovered by the NBC10 Investigators

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.

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…

The case centers around a serious highway wreck in May 2021 that then-Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes caused in his department vehicle, according to the crash report.

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.

Residents of Boxboro are demanding answers and transparency from their town.