Local Police Departments Receive Grants to Increase Seat Belt Use
The Dartmouth Police Department and the New Bedford Police Department were both awarded grants from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security s Office of Grants and Research (OGR) to increase the number of patrols and to remind drivers and passengers about the lifesaving benefits of wearing a seat belt.
DPD and NBPD will join other departments across the state, and the Massachusetts Department of State Police in the national Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign. Seat belts are the single most important safety item in our vehicles, said Chief Brian P. Levesque of the Dartmouth Police Department. We see firsthand the devastating consequences of drivers and their passengers not buckling up. These funds will increase our traffic enforcement presence to help end these preventable tragedies.
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NEW BEDFORD The New Bedford Police Department is reviewing its gang list, the acting police chief said on Tuesday.
This comes about a month after a Boston-based youth advocacy group, Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ), released a report critical of the city s police department and its use of a gang list.
After multiple requests to schedule an interview with Acting Police Chief Paul Oliveira to discuss the department s use of a gang list, spokesperson Melissa Batchilder told the Standard-Times on Tuesday that Oliveira is currently reviewing the gang list or database.
She said there may be some changes and asked to hold off on an interview as the acting chief would have better information after the review.
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Man shot and killed in New Bedford
By Nick Stoico Globe Correspondent,Updated May 15, 2021, 12:00 a.m.
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An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in New Bedford on Friday, police said.
Officers responded to Richdale Foods on Brock Avenue in the southern end of the city about 6:45 p.m. for reports of a shooting, according to information shared on the New Bedford Police Departmentâs Facebook page.
Police arrived and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police say the man, who authorities have not identified, was transported to St. Lukeâs Hospital where he died from his injuries.