Indy Rewind: Help! Not the Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls
The following article, Help! Not Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls by Sandra Larson...
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UMass Paid $446K for Report Exonerating Chancellor in Police Assault on Student Encampment
The University of Massachusetts Amherst paid $445,938.89 to Boston law firm Prince Lobel to conduct...
Letter: We Oppose Town’s Proposed Cutbacks to CRESS
by Martha Hanner and Ash Hartwell We are deeply concerned regarding the potential cutback of...
Police Intervene to Quell Altercation at Amherst Middle School
Police were called to the Amherst Regional Middle School (ARMS) on Thursday, May 1 to...
Letter: Cutting CRESS and DEI Budgets Is A Step Backward in Town’s Progress Toward Social Justice
by The Community Safety and Social Justice Committee of the Town of Amherst The following...
Letter: Prioritize the Wellbeing of All Residents by Continuing to Fund CRESS and DEI Departments
by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee and the former members of the Community...
Opinion: A Call for a Town-wide Conversation on the Mission and Values of the Amherst Police Department
In May of 2024, a coalition of Massachusetts State Police, UMass Police and Amherst Police...
Indy Rewind: An Introduction to Police Abolition for Amherst Residents
This story appeared originally in the Amherst Indy on April 30, 2021. by Allegra Clark...
Ferreira Resigns from Resident Oversight Board Working Group
Report on the Meeting of the Community Service and Social Justice Committee, March 12, 2025This...
Cyberattack Hits Town Website. Twenty-Nine Arrested at “Blarney Blowout.” Still No Site for New Fire Station
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, March 10, 2025, Part 1 By...
Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, February 12, 2025. ...
Town Reaffirms Support for DEI. Updates on Youth Programming Survey and CRESS
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, February 12, 2025,...