Amherst Creates New Departments To Address Racial Equity And Community Safety
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst has created two new departments to advance racial equity…
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Successor Committee Proposed For Community Safety Working Group
The Community Safety Working Group (CSWG), with the support of Town Manager Paul Bockelman, has…
Frustration Resurfaces As Community Safety Working Group Attempts To Complete Its Work
Report On The Meeting Of The Community Safety Working Group, September 9, 2021 The meeting…
Update On Community Safety Working Group
The Community Safety Working Group (CSWG) has been meeting weekly throughout the summer. Here is…
Community Safety Working Group Seeks To Ensure BIPOC Involvement With Police Oversight And CRESS Implementation
Concerns about the representation of BIPOC people in the implementation of Amherst’s new Community Responder…
Community Safety Working Group Will Continue Until November 1, 2021
After two successive meetings filled with fraught exchanges on June 24 and July 1, Town…
Public Comment: This Is What Anti-Racism Looks Like. Fully Fund CSWG Recommendations
By Ellisha Walker and Brianna Owen The following public comment was made at the Town…
Letter: Denied Extension To Complete Their Work, CSWG Continues To Examine Amherst Police Department Policies And Procedures
During the Thursday (6/17) meeting of the Community Safety Working Group (CSWG), the Town Manager…
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#32). This Week’s Focus – News From Amherst That You Might Have Missed And More On Alternatives To Policing And On Reopening The Schools
This column offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to Amherst readers….
Defund 413 Demands (And Receives) Assurance That No Amherst Police Participated In Insurrection At Capitol
On January 7, Defund 413, an Amherst-based citizens organization working to defund the Amherst Police…
Second Community Forum On Public Safety: Testimony Emphasizes Need For New Budget Priorities And Community Oversight Of Police
A public forum on public safety and the Amherst police was held as a Zoom…
First Forum On Public Safety: Small Turnout, Big Questions
The Town’s Community Safety Working Group (CSWG) held the first of two public forums to…