Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Thomas Pasquarello, Somerville's chief of police, said the city is aggressive about pursuing guns, but "gun control is [best] left to the politicians."
As the nation has a broader conversation about gun laws and gun control, Somerville Police Chief Thomas Pasquarello said, "Gun control is [best] left to the politicians to decide." That said, "You have to have a consistent policy and you need to have your neighboring states in unison," the police chief said, speaking after a Board of Aldermen meeting on Feb. 14. Of the New England states, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are "more liberal in their approach to gun control" than Massachusetts, Pasquarello said. Sometimes, weapons from those states "fall into the hands of criminals," he said. Pasquarello said Somerville police "look for guns on everything"—a simple traffic stop, for instance, could lead to the discovery of guns, he said. …
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Some aldermen have raised concerns about how Somerville police would use two mobile video cameras given to the police department.
Two "quick deploy" cameras recently given to the Somerville Police Department would not be used to monitor protests or crowds, according to Somerville Police Chief Thomas Pasquarello. They would be used to augment surveillance work conducted by eight stationary cameras already in place within the city, the police chief said. Speaking to the Somerville Board of Aldermen Thursday, Pasquarello said the department would not use the cameras to monitor protests. That "would not be the purpose at all," the police chief said. Some aldermen have voiced concerns about the so-called "quick deploy" cameras, arguing for the need to protect residents' constitutional rights. Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz, speaking at a Jan. 24 Board of Aldermen meeting…
Friday, March 30, 2012
The inmates, who wear orange correctional facility suits, have worked at the police station, City Hall and the Department of Public Works, and they'll be conducting more work in upcoming months.
If the Somerville Police Station is looking brighter and smelling rosier, it's not because you just weaseled your way out of a speeding ticket. It's because the station is brighter and rosier. Well, not rosier … more like the smell of environmentally friendly cleaning product. Over the past month, the station has received a proper scrubbing, a fresh coat of paint, a good tidying up and some much needed maintenance and repairs, all thanks to a somewhat unlikely group of workers. Inmates from the Middlesex House of Correction, in Billerica, have conducted hours of work at the police station. They've also done similar work at Somerville City Hall and at the Department of Public Works. According to Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, …
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Jason
7:00 am on Monday, April 15, 2013
Thank you Courtney! This sort of stuff doesn't bother me at the moment. If they where in the winterhill area I would enjoy thier presence, as would the dealers and petty thieves running alike round here. more ›