Springfield Police Department

Legislation is in committee on Beacon Hill

Sarno promises money will be there to support reforms

Proposed consent decree calls for two years of oversight of the police department.

Members vow to be open, fair, and free of political influence.

Two Springfield, Massachusetts police officers have been found guilty of assault for instigating an off-duty fight after an argument in a bar in 2015. Two other officers charged in the case were acquitted Thursday by a Hampden Superior Court jury that returned the split verdicts after four days of deliberation.

Closed-door appointment process is criticized.

SJC sides with Council in dispute with Mayor Sarno

Changes will be made to training, evaluations, and discipline

Family of slain man is "devastated" by the prosecutor's decision

Traffic study results expected in a week