UMass Paid $446K for Report Exonerating Chancellor in Police Assault on Student Encampment
The police intervention … involved over 200 police officers including UMass Police, State Troopers (including the State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)), Town of Amherst police, Town of Hadley police, and members of the Hampshire and Hampden County Sheriff’s offices.
In Their Words: Here’s What MBTA Workers Say About Their Agency
“Employees feel that they give feedback in surveys and then nothing changes.” “Communication is not direct and not consistent.”
HALF THE STORY
Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.”
LACK OF TRAINS-PARENCY AT MBTA
The T commissioned multiple safety studies costing millions, but officials refuse to release the reports. Transparency advocates say the agency is using “Orwellian doublespeak” to conceal the findings.
