A motor vehicle collided with the Registry of Motor Vehicles on Research Drive in Leominster at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported and the operator was not transported from the scene. (GARY FOURNIER)
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Editorial: Guard’s assault grim reminder of dangers inherent in this duty
It’s no surprise that corrections officers exhibit the worst health of any U.S. occupational group, with high rates of on-the-job injuries, suicide, obesity, hypertension and sleep disruption. Their life expectancy averages more than a decade less than those in other professions, according to research in multiple states. Mazen El Ghaziri, the assistant chair and associate […]
Final salute for Billerica’s Sgt. Taylor
Billerica and Lawrence bid farewell to police Sgt. Ian Taylor Friday. His funeral was in St. Patrick’s Church in Lawrence and he was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Methuen. The 49-year-old Billerica officer, who once patrolled Lawrence, suffered fatal injuries while working on a road construction site on Boston Road last week.
Vehicle hit by train on Mill Street
A car was hit by a train on Mill Street in Lancaster at around noon on Wednesday and police say that the sole occupant of the vehicle sustained only minor injuries. No other damage was reported. (GARY FOURNIER)
Police use stop sticks on I-290 to end Central MA police chase
MARLBOROUGH — State and local police cast a net over Central Massachusetts last week after being led on a police chase through several cities and towns, eventually ending in an accident where minor injuries were reported. According to a press release from State Police Media Relations, a 2002 Lexus IS, which was stolen from Peabody, […]
Editorial: Benefits of police body cameras well worth the expense
In the nationwide atmosphere of heightened scrutiny on the performance of police officers, the Lowell Police Department launched a body-camera pilot program last April that equipped 30 officers – 10 on each shift – with those devices. As part of this initial introduction, then-interim Police Superintendent Barry Golner said the plan was to rotate the […]
