Police Accountability

An interview with Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll.

Berkshire County police officers are included in a disciplinary records database released by the Massachusetts Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission this week.

Activists, along with community and government leaders, have launched a countywide initiative they hope will keep an Albany city resident from going to prison.

The announcement of criminal charges this week against five police officers in Springfield, Massachusetts again raised questions about supervision and…

A Pittsfield City Council subcommittee has approved a new draft of an attempt to reboot a citizens’ police advisory board.The city’s third attempt to…

Police departments have been moving toward transparent community-oriented philosophies and practices, including embracing social media. In the latest…

In a county with almost no direct, formal police oversight, Pittsfield, Massachusetts is attempting to revive its Police Review and Advisory Board for the…

The Washington Post has been tallying the number of individuals shot and killed by police since 2015. The data for 2018 show 899 people shot and killed as…