Nice.

wow, didn’t know worcester’s dirty cops also had the bandwidth to plant evidence… given how busy they always look when i pass them on their construction detail.

Most of the time they sleep in their cars and make easy money.

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Worcester cops are useless. I’m so glad as a taxpayer, I get to pay for this.

who needs paved roads, clean parks, and school textbooks, anyway? i'd much rather fork it all over to the steady stream of abuse victims manufactured by worcester's finest.

Why do they need to plant drugs when there's a fresh stack of heroin needles outside my work every Monday? They could easily park in the lot across the way and watch the 1) drug deals and 2) using of the drugs from behind my dumpster.

Good

They also constantly have AirPods in during roadwork detail which is illegal

Staties making $75/hr to sit in their cruisers.

And sell them drugs and make a profit on top of thier over time pay lol

Ugh!!!! I'm paying for this as a taxpayer. BULLSHIT. IM FUCKING PISSED.

Because that would a) require actual work, and b) mean they had to send actual dealers to prison, instead of whatever person they happen to have a petty grudge against.

Reminder: there are going to be at least two City Council seats up for grabs this fall, and the way we as taxpayers vote could heavily influence the oversight that the City Council (currently fails to) provide over the WPD. There is a pretty strong group of Councilors who are ACTIVELY pushing for more police reform, but they're being swallowed up by the "let's just keep things as they are" Council majority.

Where can I read more about this and how can I get involved? I want to educate myself but I don't know where to start

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Not really. It's not like the cops pay for it, the city does, which if you live here means you do.

Money is great and all, but what they should really do is send the guilty to prison for 16 years.

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And the 2 known leavers are both from the activist side. Rivera is probably safe liberal but Rose could flip to the conservative side with a little luck

Insurance?

where would the money come from to pay the premium? let them pay for their own insurance like every other professional who gets sued.

I should have been more clear My question is, does the city already have insurance for lawsuits? My guess is no, but I was curious.

Officers Doherty and Hazelhurst. Did they get fired?

There is a frustrating lack of City Council coverage from the "main" news sources (i.e., T&G, MassLive). Some of the sources I follow for City Council and other local matters are:

Worcester Sucks and I Love It (Newsletter on actual Worcester issues from a journalist fed up with crappy local coverage)

Nicole Apostola (Twitter account for an OG voice in Worcester)

Worcester Meeting News (previews/summaries of C.C. meetings)

Ben White (Twitter account for one of the Talk of the Commonwealth guys, with a lot of Worcester news. Some hot takes and some cold ones, but there's always a good discussion in the replies)