The West Grey Police Service is currently accepting applications for dedicated and community-minded individuals interested in ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Come July, some Bay State police departments are set to have smaller footprints as their volunteer units go offline. June 30 is the deadline for the first wave of reserve officers, ...

Police reforms signed into law in December 2020 by Gov. Charlie Baker, came with unexpected consequences for some 3,600 men and women serving as auxiliary police officers in communities around ...

A group representing volunteer law enforcement officers in Massachusetts says new training standards could "cripple" auxiliary police programs across the state. Auxiliary officers are often volunteers ...

The money for the new tasers comes out of the city’s hotel/motel tax fund. “The auxiliary officers have to go through a training class -- which is about four to eight hours -- with our on-staff ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Police Department will lose much of its auxiliary police force next month, due to logistical and financial issues with newly required training under the police reform law ...

The Faulkner County Detention Center recently had a graduation ceremony for five detention officers who successfully completed Auxiliary Law Enforcement Training. “When new detention officers are ...

PITTSFIELD — For nearly two years, the city of Pittsfield has denied the existence of any policy governing the operation of its auxiliary police officers. But a Berkshire judge recently ruled in a ...

BOSTON (State House News Service) – Come July, some Bay State police departments are set to have smaller footprints as their volunteer units go offline. Ware Police Department may move to former ...