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Responding to community concern, BPD begins moving forward with body-worn cameras

Good news: Responding to two years of advocacy by the ACLU of Massachusetts,

August 24, 2016

Boston Globe urges immediate action on city's police body cameras program

An editorial in Sunday's Boston Globe

August 15, 2016

Taking a stand against the criminalization of poverty

Yesterday marked two years since Michael Brown was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

August 10, 2016

Cameras used for electronic toll collection raise privacy concerns

Gantries installed along the Massachusetts Turnpike have been equipped with cameras as part of the Department of Transportation's initiative to fully digitalize toll collection. The Bost

August 9, 2016

State supreme court requires judges to consider defendants' ability to pay restitution

Ordering a defendant to pay restitution she cannot afford is not only unfair to the defendant, but also useless to the victim and costly to the state.

August 8, 2016

Boston police documents reveal use of cell-phone surveillance without a warrant

As reported today in the Boston Globe, documents obtained thanks to an American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts public records request to the Boston Police Department have revealed that the department has never obtained a warrant before using highly invasive cell phone tracking equipment k

July 27, 2016