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DOJ Report: Massachusetts Narcotics Bureau Relied on Excessive Use of Force
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2020
by Kevin Bliss
published in Criminal Legal News
November, 2020, page 47
Filed under:
Excessive Force (Police),
Reporting Requirements,
Pattern of Improper Conduct.
Location:
Massachusetts.
by Kevin Bliss
The Narcotics Bureau (“NB”) of the Springfield Police Department (“SPD”) regularly used excessive force in the commission of its duties, covering its violations through deficiencies in its use of force reporting system.
That’s according to a report by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of ...
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