A former Stoneham police officer and his brother, who owned an electrical contracting company, pleaded guilty to a bribery and kickback scheme that got them millions of dollars in contracts, federal authorities said. Joseph Ponzo, 51, of Stoneham, and Christopher Ponzo, 50, of North Reading,...
SPRINGFIELD – City officials are unveiling what they call a comprehensive program to help people on the street and to reduce panhandling, while also avoiding criminalizing mental illnesses and homelessness.There are three facets to the initiative involving the city’s police, housing, community development and public...
Six weeks after Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s arrest outside of the MGM Springfield casino on a drunken driving charge, he sat down with a TV station for an interview.“As the sheriff of Hampden County, but more importantly, as the person Nick Cocchi, there’s no...
The death of an incarcerated person at the Souza Baranowski Correction Center on Tuesday is under investigation, according to a state official.The investigation is being handled by the Mass. Department of Correction, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.No details about...
The National Police Association’s (NPA) free elective credit homeschool course, Defending Law Enforcement & Restoring Criminal Justice, is a timely and necessary addition to the curriculum for today’s high school homeschool students. In an era where law enforcement is often misrepresented, this criminal justice homeschool...
Associated PressCHICAGO — A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city’s Southside.The man is scheduled to appear Thursday in court and also faces a separate first-degree murder charge,...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage from an officer-involved shooting of a man who tried to stab another man repeatedly with a butter knife, Action News Jax reported.The incident began on Oct. 28 when officers responded to a...
By Jeffrey Collins Associated PressYEMASSEE, S.C. — Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public.“They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and...
PRESS RELEASEANN ARBOR, Mich. — On October 25, the Air National Guard at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport celebrated the ribbon-cutting of a new modular shooting range produced by MILO Live, a component of Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division’s MILO group. This cutting-edge, 9,900-square-foot turn-key...
PRESS RELEASEANN ARBOR, Mich. — MILO, a global leader in immersive training technology for law enforcement, military, and security, has entered a strategic partnership with Command Presence, a Brunswick, Georgia-based training company focused on enhancing officer performance through human performance-based training programs and instructor development.The partnership...
