It is past time for the City Council to act on its 2020 commitment and create a police commission and a community police review agency.
It’s time for police oversight in Somerville
Somerville politics
Entering a budget cycle $5.9M in the red, Somerville city councilors are united on priorities
Somerville city councilors know their wish lists for the city might not happen, but the shared themes were deemed “really striking.”
Somerville could have skipped these police grants that come with strings attached
The Somerville City Council accepted nearly $200,000 for police over two meetings filled with fractious debate. Is this money worth what it costs?