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  • Canton,Ma.Police Department wants a mobile firing range, more vehicles, ballistic shields

    12/08/2024 11:36:38 AM PST · by massmike · 33 replies
    Bostonherald.com ^ | 12/08/2024 | Lance Reynolds
    The Canton police chief is requesting more than $750,000 to add new vehicles, a mobile firing range to lessen quality-of-life disturbances, and ballistic shields to protect officers when encountering an active shooter. Chief Helena Rafferty made her pitch to the Select Board for three requests totaling $760,986 to be budgeted with capital funding: the mobile firing range at the top at $392,786, four new marked vehicles at $284,000, and nine ballistic shields with ports at $84,200, Rafferty said. The chief is also looking to reallocate $117,064 for a new record management system. The Select Board in late June approved a...
  • FBI arrests ex-police officer accused of staging suicide in murder case

    08/28/2024 10:39:22 AM PDT · by massmike · 21 replies
    Kcby.com ^ | 08/28/2024 | JAMEL VALENCIA
    CANTON, Mass.(TND) — A former detective accused of killing a pregnant Massachusetts woman in 2021 was arrested on Wednesday. FBI officials in Boston said Matthew Farwell was arrested for allegedly killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell worked for the Stoughton Police Department when 23-year-old Birchmore was found dead in her apartment. A 2022 internal investigation found that three police officers on the Stoughton police force engaged in inappropriate sexual relations with Birchmore, according to WBZ. Federal prosecutors alleged that Farwell had a sexual relationship with Birchmore, which had started before she turned 16. Prosecutors believe Farwell killed the young woman after she...