STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 10, 2016….People accused of stealing items worth between $250 to $1,500 would no longer be charged with felonies in Massachusetts, under a bill passed by the Senate Thursday. The legislation raising the threshold at which a misdemeanor becomes a felony to $1,500 for larceny, fraudulent use of credit cards, malicious destruction […]
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 8, 2016…..A House chairman is open to a civil liberties group’s proposal to put a check on the acquisition of military equipment, such as armored vehicles and grenade launchers, by local police. “I think there are some departments where, why give a huge piece of equipment to a small police department […]
The committee did not act on the Flagger bill today. A few ideas presented by Senators Sanborn and Little. Senator Sanborn wants to bring an amendment that states no law enforcement officer, regardless of vested or not, can use detail pay from utility detail work towards their retirement calculation. This is obviously a BIG problem, […]