Cambridge’s City Council should be able to come to an agreement on police technology that is managed and controlled in a way that meets legitimate concerns.
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Cambridge meetings, July 20-27: The council convenes a special meeting demanded after July 4 death
Take part in meetings on affordable housing zoning ideas, a project of six stories with 85 homes near Fresh Pond and an update on violence prevention.
Somerville meetings, July 20-27: Debate about body-worn police cameras nears a decision point
Take part in meetings on demolitions toward development, swapping in a cannabis seller and the purchase and other costs of body-worn cameras on police.
With a deadline near on a grant for body-worn police cameras, Somerville’s mayor calls council back for a hearing
There’s a summer deadline on whether to equip Somerville police with body-worn cameras, an issue bouncing around council and committee meetings for months.
Scoffing that Cambridge is ‘safe’ after a shooting, plenty are ready to give up privacy for security (corrected)
Anger spilled over at a community meeting about the fatal shooting of Xavier Bautista, the latest in a string of deaths afflicting some parts of Cambridge and not others.
Citing budget cuts and no action on oversight, a Somerville committee goes 4-1 against officer cameras (corrected)
The possibility of body-worn cameras on Somerville police officers isn’t so much working its way forward as it is lurching toward a decision a little backward and upside-down.
It’s the Atomic age of laundry in East Cambridge, making Apple Pay finally an advertised amenity
Plenty of local laundromats have apps and free Wi-Fi, but a new Atomic Laundry in East Cambridge is leading the way back to 2014, the year Apple Pay was introduced.
There won’t be a legal fight over the rejection of ShotSpotter in Cambridge
Objections to the shutdown of ShotSpotter gunfire-listening technology faded on the part of two Cambridge city councillors.
Deregulation, faster permitting, being more fun: Cambridge hears how it can help Kendall Square and itself
After almost a decade of letting a strong Kendall Square “kind of run itself,” there’s a troubled environment and calls for collaboration with Cambridge City Hall.
Cambridge meetings, June 8-15: Two zoning laws that speed home construction are targeted for changes
Take part in meetings on calls to alter residential zoning and how to explain school incidents to families, and a roundtable about boosting business start-ups.