Springfield Police Department

New four-year deal gives 400 patrol officers 15 percent pay hikes

Two Springfield cops convicted in off-duty assault are reinstated by Board of Police Commissioners

Behavioral health specialists respond to some calls for police services

Council of Churches once made formal racism complaint against Springfield Police Dept

Objections raised over hiring of internal affairs attorney

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.