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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed a revised policing reform bill that was approved by the Legislature last week. The House voted 107-51 and the Senate took a voice vote to re-enact the bill, which has drawn opposition from police but maintained the momentum that grew over the summer out of outrage over police violence toward Black Americans. “This…

The Massachusetts policing reform bill that grabbed Beacon Hill’s attention midway through 2020 is back on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk, awaiting his expected signature. The House voted 107-51 and the Senate took a voice vote to re-enact the bill, which has drawn strong opposition from police but maintained the momentum that grew over the summer out of outrage over...

Six months after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, state lawmakers on Tuesday night sent Gov. Charlie Baker a policing tactics reform and oversight bill, shifting the focus to the Republican governor whose views on qualified immunity and other thorny details of the legislation remain unclear. The House and Senate both voted Tuesday to accept…

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are working to pass a police reform bill that would change the way police officers are certified in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts lawmakers finished their work on a compromise police reform bill Monday, filing an updated version of the landmark legislation that Democratic leaders praised as “one of the most comprehensive approaches to police reform and racial justice” in the country. Details of the conference committee’s bill — crafted in closed-door negotiations over the last four months — were not immediately…

Lisa Broderick, the Executive Director of Police 2 Peace, speaks about her organization’s efforts to introduce the word “peace” instead of “police” on officers uniforms and vehicles and the psychological impact that wording change could have for both officers and the communities they serve.

A familiar if controversial face from Massachusetts law enforcement was at the White House Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s ceremonial signing of an executive order on policing. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson stood nearby as Trump signed the order on police reform that would establish a database to track excessive use-of-force complaints against police officers and incentivize departments adopting...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on police reform, but, in Mass., a reform advocate says the move scratches the surface of what needs to change.