[From article]
the Massachusetts Interagency Mutual Aid Agreement, which will empower on-duty police officers in one jurisdiction to respond to public safety emergencies in other participating jurisdictions.
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"Major events in Massachusetts and elsewhere have highlighted the need for police departments to work together more effectively, and these events have shown that we are indeed more effective when we work together," said Bedford Police Chief Robert Bongiorno
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Cambridge has not signed the agreement at this time.
Is there a problem with the Massachusetts State Police? Who needs local police chiefs? Why not dress all police in the same uniform and make them answerable to one chief of police? And why is the Transit police, the MBTA officers, the constables, and the Harvard University campus police not included?
http://belmont.wickedlocal.com/article/20140318/NEWS/140316506
Majority of Middlesex police chiefs sign mutual aid agreement
The Middlesex County Chiefs of Police Association has signed the Massachusetts Interagency Mutual Aid Agreement, which will empower on-duty police officers in one jurisdiction to respond to public safety emergencies in other participating jurisdictions.
Posted Mar. 18, 2014 @ 11:02 am
Updated at 11:45 AM
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